Outbreaks of endemic diseases, such as monkeypox and Lassa haemorrhagic fever, are now more frequent and more persistent, the World Health Organization's director of health crises, Mike Ryan, warned today.
Because of climate change, which has made events like drought more intense, people and animals are changing their food-seeking habits. As a result, diseases that commonly affect animals are more often transmitted to humans, he noted."
"Unfortunately, both the incidence of (such) diseases and their aggravating factors have increased," the WHO official said.
"Perhaps the spread of monkeypox cannot be fully contained"
"It is not yet clear whether the spread of monkeypox can be fully contained," the World Health Organization warned.
The WHO's goal is to limit the spread by stopping human-to-human transmission of the virus as much as possible.
"Tools to manage the disease, such as readily available diagnostic tools, vaccines and treatments, will likely not be immediately or widely available," the agency said in a statement."
[/P][BR][BR]More than 20 countries, where monkeypox is not endemic, have reported cases in recent weeks. More than 300 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported in Europe.
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