WHO reports 780 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 27 countries. Such data are provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), Ukrinform reports..

The organization emphasized that we are talking mainly about men (but not exclusively about them) who have had sexual intercourse with men..

WHO assesses the risk of the spread of the disease at the global level as "

The monkeypox virus found in non-endemic countries is now known to be a West African variant..

In addition, in most cases, those infected did not visit West or Central Africa.. Only a small number of infections are associated with travel to Nigeria.

Recall that the Ministry of Health assures that the chances of the spread of monkeypox in Ukraine are very small.

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