WHO official: Monkeypox outbreak is ‘containable’
During a question-and-answer session on Monday, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove of the World Health Organization said the outbreak of monkeypox in several Western countries is a “containable situation.”
Video Transcript
MARIA VAN KERKHOVE: Transmission is really happening from close, physical contact, skin to skin contact. So it's not-- it's quite different than COVID in that sense.
So we are looking for people who have a rash. So we can help them first and foremost, to understand what their risk is. And we should say that most of the people who have been identified so far have had more mild disease, or let's say, not severe disease.
But anyone they come in contact with, needs to be informed. So that we can prevent onward spread. And the thing I just want to say here, is that this is a containable situation. Particularly in the countries like where we are seeing these outbreaks that are happening across Europe, in North America, as well.
But we can't take our eye off the ball of what's happening in Africa, as well, in endemic countries. So this gives us an opportunity to talk about what MonkeyPox is, what it isn't. So you can be very well informed.
