Tedros Adhanom Gebreiesu, director general of the WHO, made remarks in Geneva, where experts are discussing the outbreak of monkeypox. About 80 cases have been confirmed in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and Israel.
However, experts say the risk to the public is low.
Monkeypox is a virus that is commonly found in Central and West Africa, but does not spread easily among humans.
In addition, it is usually mild, and according to the NHS, most people who catch the virus will recover within a few weeks.
However, scientists were surprised by the epidemic, with the UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) now advising that high-risk or high-risk cases must be isolated within three weeks.
According to The Guardian, more confirmed cases are expected to be announced on Monday.
Belgium announced a three-week quarantine for infected people on Friday, the first European country to do so.
Speaking at the opening of the World Health Assembly on Sunday, Director-General Dr Tedros said the world was facing a “terrible convergence” of problems.
He said: “Of course [Covid] the pandemic is not the only crisis in our world.
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“As we speak, our colleagues around the world are responding to Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, smallpox and hepatitis of unknown cause and complex humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine and Ye. .
“We are facing a great rapprochement of disease, drought, famine and war, fueled by climate change, inequality and geopolitical rivalry.”
The WHO said earlier that more suspected cases of monkeypox were being investigated and were likely to be confirmed.
Although the outbreak was first identified in the United Kingdom, it has spread to a number of other European countries, including Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden.
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Austria and Switzerland also confirmed cases on Sunday.
About 20 cases have been identified by the UK Health Security Agency, with its chief medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins telling the BBC: “We are finding more cases on a daily basis”.
Dr Hopkins added that the virus is now spreading in the community, with cases identified among people who have not had contact with someone who has traveled to West Africa, where the disease is common.
However, the risk is “extremely low”, with Dr Hopkins stressing that the cases were found mainly in urban areas or among gay or bisexual men.
Although there is no specific vaccine for the disease, some countries use smallpox vaccines, which are about 85 percent effective in preventing infection because the two diseases have some similarities.
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