Kairi brown 
Monkeypox may not be limited to gay, bisexual men, can spread to others: WHO
Monkeypox infection may not be limited among men who have sex with men, as seen today, but can spread out of the community, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
Men who have sex with men are currently considered at the highest risk of infection. A study at the New England Journal of Medicine last week, who saw infections in 16 countries between April and June, found that 98 percent of cases were gay or bisexual men.
According to Dr. Catherine Smallwood, a senior emergency officer at WHO, there is a little evidence that shows that this disease will remain limited to the gay and bisexual community, NBC reports.
More severe cases can be clear if the virus spreads to more immunologically vulnerable groups such as small children, pregnant women and small people quoted immunocompromised.
He warned of self -satisfaction in the rapidly increased monkeypox outbreak, which so far caused more than 16,000 cases in around 75 countries and five deaths in Africa.
“At present, cases continue to be reported among men who have sex with men for most, but we should not expect it to remain like that,” said Smallwood.
“If it spreads to other groups, especially for people who are vulnerable to severe monkeypox disease, which we know there are certain groups that are more vulnerable to severe diseases, then we may see an increase in public health impacts,” he added.
Not infrequently the viral outbreak begins in one group or certain arrangements before spreading more broadly in the general population, said Smallwood, noting that health authorities can take cues from the initial findings.
“This is really possible for walnuts in the mine that reminds us of the threat of new diseases that can spread to other groups,” he continued.
While some countries have increased the vaccination program for the most risky people, this vaccine is designed primarily to treat smallpox, said Smallwood added more information is needed to determine its efficacy because the Monkeypox virus continues to spread.
“We do not have complete information about how effective and how effective this vaccine is against Monkeypox,” he said.
WHO has activated the highest warning level for the increased outbreak, stating that the virus is an international public health emergency.
This will now attract more attention to the plague and, as a consequence, research on vaccines and other treatment modes, said Smallwood.
