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Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, WHO says

Tropical disease is now detected in UK, US, Spain and Portugal

More than 100 cases have been reported in just four weeks, prompting a warning from health officials

UN health body says outbreak of virus in non-endemic countries can be contained ‘easily’ if swift action is taken.

Countries have agreed to an initial U.S.-led push to reform of the rules around disease outbreaks, known as the International Health Regulations, after early opposition from Africa and others was overcome this week, sources told Reuters on Friday.

The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide

The World Health Organisation said Friday that countries can still contain the monkeypox outbreak if they act quickly enough.

Three weeks after the health ministry claimed to have achieved 99.99 percent death registration in 2020, the Registrar General of India has indirectly confirmed the figure. This, then, is the first time that India claims to have registered every death – in a pandemic-hit year, no less.

Countries should take quick steps to contain the spread of monkeypox and share data about their vaccine stockpiles, a senior World Health Organization official said on Friday.