Monkeypox cases jumped 20% in the last week to 35,000 across 92 countries, WHO says
Monkeypox continues to spread across the globe with cases jumping by 20% over the last week, according to the World Health Organization.Infections increased by nearly 7,500 to more than 35,000 cases total across 92 countries, but nearly all reported cases are in Europe and the Americas, according to WHO data. Twelve deaths have been reported so far.The overwhelming majority of patients continue to be men who have sex with men, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanaom Ghebreyesus said. The global supply of the monkeypox vaccine, called Jynneos in the US, remains limited and data on its effectiveness in the current outbreak is sparse, Tedros said. Jynneos is manufactured by the Danish biotech company Bavarian Nordic."We remain concerned that the inequitable access to vaccines we saw during...