GENEVA: The monkeypox virus, which has infected more than 6,000 people in 58 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, is still difficult to test, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, low testing results in cases going undiscovered, raising the danger of community spread. He stated that "the extent and spread of the virus" is worrying and that the WHO is constantly monitoring the cases.
There have been more than 6,000 cases reported globally so far in 58 different nations. Testing is still difficult, and it's very likely that many instances are going unnoticed, said Ghebreyesus.
Prior to now, medical professionals in the US and the UK had expressed worries about sluggish testing. The first person to publicly admit having monkeypox was American actor Matt Ford, who also criticised the US government for its "poor pace of immunizations and testing."
The virus is endemic throughout central and western Africa, where monkeypox is most common. However, as a result of the most recent outbreak, the virus has expanded to numerous parts of the world where it is uncommon to find it. More than 80% of the cases worldwide have been reported in Europe, which has been the outbreak's current epicentre.
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