It is reported that so far, WHO has recorded more than 90 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 15 countries and territories, including the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States and Australia.
Recently, many countries and regions have successively introduced relevant policies, requiring the implementation of isolation measures or close monitoring of monkeypox infected persons. On the 23rd local time, a number of experts from the World Health Organization made it clear that they believed that there was no large-scale outbreak of monkeypox, and people did not need to panic.

WHO: There is no large-scale outbreak of monkeypox, people do not need to panic
On the 23rd, Heyman, an official of the World Health Organization, said that due to the measures taken around the world to control the new crown epidemic, maintain social distance, and travel restrictions, there is currently no possibility of a large-scale outbreak of monkeypox. Unlike SARS-CoV-2, people know more about poxviruses such as monkeypox and smallpox, and can quickly take steps to stop transmission.

Expert: Monkeypox virus is very different from the new coronavirus
At present, the new crown virus is still raging around the world. At this time, the emergence of the monkeypox epidemic has caused many people to doubt whether the two epidemics are related. At the WHO online press conference held on the 23rd, health experts said that monkeypox The virus and the new coronavirus are not the same thing. The two viruses are very different. The two epidemics have nothing in common, and the transmission methods are completely different.

Experts: Smallpox vaccine can be used to prevent monkeypox
To date, WHO has recorded more than 90 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 15 countries and territories, including the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States and Australia. Most current monkeypox patients recover within a few weeks without hospitalization. Some health experts said that as a “close relative” of the smallpox virus, the smallpox vaccine can be used to prevent monkeypox, and some drugs to treat the monkeypox virus are also being developed.