To date, no suspected or confirmed case of monkeypox infection has been detected or recorded in Algeria, reassured the Pasteur Institute of Algeria (IPA) in a press release on Tuesday.
“Following the information note published on May 22, 2022 on monkeypox, the Pasteur Institute of Algeria informs that to date, no suspected or confirmed case of this infection has been detected or recorded. in Algeria”, specifies the same source, adding that for any new information, the Institute will keep the population informed.
According to the head of the fight once morest COVID-19, emerging diseases and zoonoses at the WHO, Maria Van Kerkhove, this is “a situation that can be controlled, particularly in countries where we see this epidemic occur in Europe”.
Monkeypox, a less dangerous cousin of smallpox eradicated forty years ago, has suddenly appeared in recent weeks in countries where it is normally only very rare, namely Europe and South America. North.
