WHO answers questions about recent spike in monkeypox cases

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The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold a public Q&A on the recent spike in monkeypox cases detected in Europe, with speakers including Dr. Rosamund Lewis, head of the Smallpox Secretariat the WHO Emergencies Programme, Dr. Maria Van Kherkove, COVID-19 technical lead, and Dr. Meg Doherty, director of the Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs programmes.
As of Friday, some 80 monkeypox cases have been confirmed and an additional 50 are under investigation in 11 countries, according to the WHO.
Monkeypox is a virus that can cause symptoms including fever, aches and presents with a bumpy rash. It is related to smallpox, but is usually milder, particularly the West African strain of the virus that was identified in the U.S., which has a fatality rate of around 1 per cent. Most people fully recover in two to four weeks, according to officials.
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