Over 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 75 countries.
Under the WHO's South-East Asia region, four cases of monkeypox have been reported - three from India and
There are nine other countries grouped by the WHO under the region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, North Korea, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste. Singapore, which has reported eight cases since June, is classified under WHO's Western Pacific region.“Monkeypox has been spreading rapidly and to many countries that have not seen it before, which is a matter of great concern. However, with cases concentrated among men who have sex with men, it is possible to curtail further spread of the disease with focused efforts among at-risk population,” said Dr Khetrapal Singh.
“That’s a clear epidemiological signal and that tells us we need to increase testing in that population," said the senior scholar from Johns Hopkins University Centre for Health Security."There will be some spill outside of that demographic group, but the priority has to be protecting the people that are actually at risk.”, given the"self-limiting nature of the disease" and because the"benefits do not outweigh the risk”.
"We need to stay alert and prepared to roll out intense response to curtail further spread of monkeypox."
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