Although monkeypox is spreading, the disease is not declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak has not confirmed it.

That’s it, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) In the US, 5,000 cases have been recorded in 51 countries, 90% of which are in the European region and 99% in the male population, including children.

“We are referring to children under the age of 18, they can be boys aged 16 or 17. They are mild cases, but we are very concerned the disease will jump to this population group.”, explained Abdi Mahamud, from the WHO’s Health Security and Emergency division. In fact, there is also a case in a three-year-old boy.

In the same context, symptoms including rash, fever, fatigue, muscle aches, vomiting, and chills have been reported.

Experts argue that anyone who comes into close physical contact with someone with monkeypox, with their clothes or even their bed sheets, is at risk of infection. It is also believed that children and pregnant women are more likely to have serious conditions.

Countries such as the UK and Germany have started vaccinating people who are at high risk for monkeypox. The latter country has done so for those who believe they are the most vulnerable population: men with multiple sexual partners, homosexuals and bisexuals.

Nine cases of monkeypox have been registered in Chile, the last being an adult who He arrived around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in the emergency room of Talagante Hospital.