African scientists reveal.. This is the reason for the outbreak of "monkeypox"
The growing outbreak of monkeypox across the African continent, which has led to a declaration of emergency by the World Health Organization, has led to the inability of the international community to respond to epidemics in areas with low immunity to diseases linked to monkeypox, leading African scientists reported on Tuesday.
According to Dr. Demi Ogwenna, who heads the World Health Organization's monkeypox emergency committee, negligence has led to a new, more widespread version of the virus emerging in countries with limited resources to prevent outbreaks.
"Monkeypox" had been spreading undetected for years in Nigeria and other parts of Africa before an outbreak was declared in 2022 in more than 70 countries, according to what Ogwena said in a remote press conference.
Ogwena explained in a remote press conference that monkeypox had been spreading undetected for years in Nigeria and elsewhere before an outbreak was declared in 2022 in more than 70 countries.
Ogwenna noted that the current situation in Africa differs from the global outbreak in 2022, as that outbreak was primarily focused on gay and bisexual men.
Now, monkeypox in Africa is spread through sexual contact, as well as through close contact between children, pregnant women and other at-risk groups.
Ogwenna added that most people over the age of 50 have been vaccinated against smallpox, which may provide some protection against monkeypox, but this is not the case for younger people in Africa, who are at greater risk of infection. (Sky News)
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