COVID 19
Monkeypox cases in the Americas reach 5,300; U.S., Canada, Brazil most affected -PAHO
2022.07.27 19:10
FILE PHOTO: People line up outside the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Cox/File Photo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday that nearly 5,300 Monkeypox cases have so far been reported across 18 countries and territories in the Americas, the majority in the United States, Canada and Brazil.
PAHO’s deputy director Mary Lou Valdez told a press conference that almost all cases continue to be reported among men who have sex with men between the ages of 25 and 45, but warned that anyone can get the disease regardless of their gender or sexual orientation.
