Countries must act quickly to contain the spread of monkeypox, said on Friday
“We think that if we take the right measuresnow, we can probably easily contain it,” Sylvie Briand, WHO director of global infectious hazard preparedness, told the UN agency’s annual assembly. "We don't know if we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg or if there are many more cases that haven't been found in communities."
“We believe that a key priority at presenttime is an attempt to contain this transmission in non-endemic countries,” Brian added, noting that early detection and isolation of cases, as well as contact tracing, are necessary to contain the outbreak.
"Case investigation, contact tracing,isolation at home would be the best options,” said Rosamund Lewis, head of the WHO Smallpox Secretariat, which is part of the WHO Emergency Program.
Currently, the disease can be treated withsmallpox vaccines, and Briand said that states should share information on stocks of first-generation vaccines. “We do not know the exact number of doses available in the world, so we encourage countries to contact the WHO and let us know what their stocks are,” she said.
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