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Monkey pox .. How worried should we be about the virus?

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Global health officials have sounded the alarm about the rising number of monkeypox cases in Europe and other regions, the most common type of viral infection in western and central Africa.
The World Health Organization said that as of Saturday, 92 cases of monkeypox had been confirmed, and that another 28 cases were being verified in 12 countries where this virus is not considered endemic.

The United Nations organization added that it expects to discover more cases of monkeypox while expanding surveillance in countries where the disease is not usually found, and that it will provide more guidance and recommendations in the coming days to countries on how to reduce the spread of monkeypox.

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How dangerous is it?

A US public health official told reporters Friday that the risks to the general public are currently low.

Monkeypox is a virus that can cause symptoms that include high fever and pain and appears as a characteristic rash.

The disease is related to smallpox, but it is usually milder, especially the West African strain of the virus detected in an infection in the United States, which has a mortality rate of about one percent.

According to the official, most people recover completely within two to four weeks.

The virus is not transmitted as easily as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that prompted the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts believe the current outbreak of monkeypox is spread through direct contact with the skin of a person with an active rash.

And "Reuters" quoted Dr. Martin Hirsch of Massachusetts General Hospital as saying: "Covid is spread through the respiratory system and is highly contagious. This does not appear to be the case with monkeypox."