WHO warns of further transmission of monkeypox over summer


By GuoshuangUnreguser
  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Jun 2022

COPENHAGEN, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that it aimed to contain the monkeypox outbreak by stopping human transmission to the maximum extent possible, warning that the potential for further transmission in Europe and elsewhere this summer is high.

In a statement, the WHO said its European Region "remained at the epicenter of the largest and most geographically widespread monkeypox outbreak ever reported outside of endemic areas in western and central Africa."

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