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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox, a viral fever accompanied by rash and lesions, to be a global health emergency on August 14. The virus has infected affected thousands in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and has spilled over into the neighbouring countries of Uganda,
MoHAP urged all community members to follow appropriate preventive and safety measures and precautions while travelling and moving in large crowds.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus, and added that no deaths had been reported so far from the outbreaks.
Ministry of Health urged all community members to follow appropriate preventive measures and careful precautions while travelling and to stay safer in large crowds and avoid risky behaviours.
Monkeypox is a rare disease that is related to but less severe than smallpox, causing a rash that spreads, fever, chills, and aches, among other symptoms.
Around 30 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease as confirmed cases reached 1,200, most of them in Europe.
The UAE has dispatched several aircraft carrying Monkeypox vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon, to support their efforts to address and contain the outbreak of the virus.
While more research is needed on the Clade 1b strain which triggered the UN agency into declaring an international health emergency, the spread of Mpox can be reined in, the WHO's European director Hans Kluge said.
The Philippines has reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month, a health ministry official said.
California had the most confirmed cases among US states so far, with 4,656 cases, followed by New York with 3,755 and Florida with 2,398, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the CDC data.