The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in Poland has increased to 85 cases. What is the situation in Europe?
The latest World Health Organization report from Europe shows that the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox on the continent is approaching 18,000. Poland has 85 cases (meaning more than 20 more infections compared to the report since early August).
Germany ahead of Great Britain
Spain consistently opens the table of monkeypox infections with 5162 cases. However, the second place has changed. If at the beginning of August the UK got here, now it is neighboring Germany with almost three thousand cases. The UK has slightly less and the difference is not significant. France is in fourth place with almost 2.5 thousand. cases. In the rest of the countries on the list, less than 1,000 confirmed cases of infection have already been registered.
WHO gives new names to monkeypox varieties
Experts from the World Health Organization have come to the conclusion that it is necessary to distinguish between different variants of monkeypox. Proposals to resolve this issue varied, but it was ultimately decided to name the former Congo Basin (Central African) clade the first (I) clade and the former West African clade the second (II) clade. In addition, it was decided that clade II consists of two subclades.
The new naming convention for Sympox thus includes clade I (clade I), clade IIa (clade IIa), and clade IIb (clade IIb), the latter primarily referring to a group of variants that are largely circulating during a global epidemic. in 2022.
Source: Wprost
