On August 9, The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasis on current monkeypox epidemic outbreak is not due to the monkeys, and people should not hurt or kill monkeys.
Margaret Harris, the WHO spokeswomen said that the increasing cases of monkeypox in Brazil has nothing to do with monkeys, the transmissions are through person to person.
As Brazilian media said, injured monkey event increased sharply in Brazil. Ten monkeys have been deliberately injured or poisoned within one week at a nature reserve on the Preto River in Sao Paulo state. Animal rescue workers suspect the situation is related to three confirmed cases of Monkeypox in the area.
According to the data of WHO, up to now there are 1,700 confirmed cases of monkeypox and one death in Brazil.
Although monkeypox virus can be transmitted from animals to humans, recent outbreaks of monkeypox in many parts of the world have been transmitted through close person-to-person contact, Harris said. The best way to stop monkeypox is to treat and help people with monkeypox, while taking steps to prevent the virus from spreading, and "never attacking any animal."
“Monkeypox” was first discovered in monkeys in 1958. Due to the “poxelike” infection, it is named as monkeypox virus.
The WHO says animals like squirrels, kangaroos, dormice and several species of monkeys can be infected with monkeypox, The natural host of monkeypox virus has not been identified, rodents is the most likely natural host.
At first, monkeypox was endemic mainly in west and central Africa. Since May of 2022, many cases of monkeypox was reported outside Africa. And monkeypox outbreak was declared by WHO on July 23.
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