global health emergency<\/a>, told reporters that the best way to protect against infection was \u201cto reduce the risk of exposure\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFor men who have sex with men, this includes, for the moment, reducing your number of sexual partners, reconsidering sex with new partners, and exchanging contact details with any new partners to enable follow-up if needed,\u201d he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A surge in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May outside the West and Central African countries where the disease has long been endemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tedros said Wednesday that more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported to WHO from 78 countries, with 70 percent of cases reported in Europe and 25 percent in the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five deaths have been reported in the outbreak since May, and approximately 10 percent of those infected end up in hospital to manage the pain, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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