INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths, the head of
the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday.Almost 7,500 cases were reported last week, a 20 per cent increase over the
previous week, which was also 20 per cent more than the week before,& said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking during
his regular press briefing from Geneva.The majority of cases are being reported from Europe and the America.The primary focus for all
countries must be to ensure they are ready for monkeypox, and to stop transmission using effective public health tools, including enhanced
disease surveillance, careful contact tracing, tailored risk communication and community engagement, and risk reduction measures,& said
Tedros.Currently, global supplies of Monkeypox vaccines are limited, as is data about their effectiveness
WHO is in contact with manufacturers, and with countries and organizations willing to share vaccine doses. We remain concerned that
the inequitable access to vaccines we saw during the COVID-19 pandemic will be repeated, and that the poorest will continue to be left
behind,& said Tedros. COVID-19 deaths have also increased over the last four weeks, rising by 35 percent, with 15,000 lives lost in
the past week alone.Fifteen thousand deaths a week is completely unacceptable, when we have all the tools to prevent infections and save
lives,& Tedros remarked.Although everyone might be tired of COVID-19, ''the virus is not tired of us,& he said.The post Monkeypox cases top
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