The South American country reported 1,066 confirmed cases and 513 suspected cases of the disease, the vast majority (744) in São Paulo state, the Health Ministry said. More than 98 percent of confirmed cases are men who have sex with men, with an average age of 33, according to ministry data.
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PAHO said at a press conference this week that almost all cases had been reported among men who have sex with men between the ages of 25 and 45, but warned that anyone could contract the disease regardless of their gender or sexual orientation.
On Friday, the Philippines reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month.
The 31-year-old had recovered but was isolating at home, while 10 people identified as close contacts, including three from the patient’s household, had been ordered to quarantine, he said Department of Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho.
About 70 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with confirmed cases exceeding 20,300.
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San Francisco declared its own public health emergency on Friday, while New York state declared the virus an “imminent threat” to public health, given the rapid rise in the number of cases and the urgent need to distribute vaccines
Reuters