Citing people with knowledge of the matter, the Politico report says Washington is worried about the virus’ name deepening stigma and impacting the country’s vaccination campaign.
As of early May 2022, cases of monkeypox have been reported in countries where the disease is not endemic and continue to be reported in several endemic countries. Nearly 30,000 infections have been registered in the US, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the WHO, most confirmed cases with a travel history reported travel to countries in Europe and North America, rather than West or Central Africa, where the monkeypox virus is endemic.
The majority of cases reported to date have been identified through sexual health or other health services in primary or secondary health care settings and have mainly, but not exclusively, involved men who have sex with men.
Last month, the WHO said Monkeypox still meets International Health Regulations (IHR) criteria for a Public Health Crisis of International Concern (PHEIC).
“The Emergency Committee acknowledged that progress has been made in the global response to the monkeypox outbreak in several countries since the last meeting, including new data on the effectiveness of behavioral interventions and vaccines,” WHO said in a statement.
This follows the third meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the multi-country monkeypox outbreak.
According to the WHO, at the regional level, the risk was assessed as high in the WHO region of the Americas, decreasing from high to moderate in the European region, and remaining moderate in the WHO regions of Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia. , and remains low in the western Pacific.
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Source: ANI
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