“The risk is considered high in the European region of the World Health Organization (WHO), due to reports of a geographically widespread outbreak involving a large number of newly affected nations,” Ms. Vujnović said in an interview with the Sputnik agency.
Vujnovic explained that the WHO strongly recommends that all nations worldwide make a major effort to identify new cases of monkeypox and trace contacts to control outbreaks and prevent further spread.
Likewise, the WHO representative emphasized that there is no need for mass vaccination of the Russian population against smallpox.
“At present, mass vaccination is not recommended, but consideration is being given in certain situations to vaccinate those who have been in contact or vulnerable people,” she stressed.
In this regard, Nataliya Pshenichnaya, deputy director of clinical and analytical work at the Russian Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, said in previous days that Russia had not reported cases of monkeypox so far, but she assured that health protocols were in place to detect in any case.
WHO is due to report more than 5,100 cases in 51 non-endemic nations from May 13 to July 1.
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