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Number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week: WHO
Health agency warned against a "continuing steep rise" in Americas
Infections saw a reverse trend in Europe with 38% cases reported last month

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Monkeypox: WHO's good news announcement as cases drop 21%; warning for Americas

Name: Monkeypox: WHO's good news announcement as cases drop 21%; warning for Americas
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Description: The World Health Organisation on Thursday reported a decline in monkey pox cases by 21% globally in the last week. The dropped percentage suggests a reverse in month-long trend of rising infections. Signalling a possible dec...

Signalling a possible decline of the outbreak in Europe, the UN health body, however, issued a warning over "continuing steep rise" in Americas which accounted for 60% of cases in the past month.

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53

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Monkeypox: WHO's good news announcement as cases drop 21%; warning for Americas

Amid worries that monkeypox might turn into a big healthcare threat even as the world comes to terms with living with Covid, the World Health Organisation announced some good news.

WHO reported a 21% decline in global monkeypox cases, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections.

The global health body signalled a possible decline of the outbreak in Europe which accounted for about 38% of the cases last month. WHO also warned against a "continuing steep rise" in cases in the Americas which accounted for 60% of cases in the past month.

British health authorities said last week that there were “early signs” that the country's monkeypox outbreak was slowing.

More than 45,000 monkeypox cases have been reported so far in 98 countries since late April.

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