The palms of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox
The palms of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox

World faces big challenges over Covid, monkeypox and wars - WHO

The world is facing "formidable" challenges, including Covid, the war in Ukraine, and monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization has warned.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking in Geneva, where the UN health agency's experts were discussing the monkeypox outbreak in 15 nations outside Africa.

More than 80 cases have been confirmed in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, and Israel.

However, the risk to the wider public is said to be low.

Monkeypox - the virus that is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa - does not tend to spread easily between people and the illness is usually mild.

Most people who catch the virus recover within a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.

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