Monkeypox is not particularly life-threatening for adults, but can be fatal for children, pregnant women, and immunocompromised people.. This was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO).

According to The Economist, citing the experts of the organization, the aforementioned vulnerable categories of the population should be especially careful and strictly observe hygiene rules in areas of possible spread of the disease..

To date, WHO has not documented any monkeypox deaths outside of Africa.. Since the healthcare system on the “black continent” is rather weak, death from the disease there is 3-6% of the total number of infected people.. In addition, the WHO warns that the most life-threatening is the strain common in the DR Congo..

As for the West African variety of monkeypox, which is now spreading outside the continent, the risk of dying from it is quite low..

Experts also explained that the virus is not as dangerous as COVID-19. Its spread is rather slow, and the disease itself passes without significant complications.. The WHO said that vaccination against monkeypox helps in 85% of cases, however, as before, there is no need to carry it out on a massive scale yet..

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Recall that Belgium became the first country in the world to introduce a quarantine due to monkeypox..