Chula Uni raises the alarm on mpox

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3 August 2023 at 04: 12 PUBLISHED

Chula Uni raises the alarm on mpox
The government’s first known case of monkeypox was discovered on July 22, 2022, and a group of municipal health officials cleaned the apartment in Phuket. ( Image: Department of Health Control )

According to a pathologist from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand now has the highest amount of monkeypox cases in Southeast Asia and has more than 120 cases of the disease.

According to the World Health Organization, what was formerly known as monkeypox is now known by the novel name mpoX. Rather, it is now being used in an effort to lessen a surge in allegedly racist and stigmatizing language linked to the condition.

Approximately 90,000 mpox cases were reported globally, according to Dr. Yong Poovorawan, director of the college’s Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology, with the highest number of confirmed cases occurring in the US.

” In Thailand, which is the highest in Southeast Asia, more than 120 people were found to have contracted mpox.” According to him, the disease charge reached its peak in June. According to Dr. Yong, the majority of people seem to be less vigilant.