2022 Monkeypox outbreak: Why is it a public health emergency of international concern? What can we do to control it?

Figure 1 Epidemiological curve of weekly aggregated confirmed cases of monkeypox by region, from January 1, 2022 to August 7, 2022. Source: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/multi-country-outbreak-of-monkeypox--external-situation-report--3---10-august-2022.

Figure 2 Cumulative number of confirmed cases of monkeypoxin non-endemic countries in May 2022. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311006/monkeypox-cumulative-cases-in-non-endemic-countries.

Figure 3 Confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypoxin non-endemic countries reported to the World Health Organization from May 13, 2022 to May 26, 2022. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310714/monkeypox-cases-in-non-endemic-countries-reported-to-who.

Figure 4 Number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Europe as of August 10, 2022, by country. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311194/monkeypox-reported-cases-in-europe.

Figure 5 The worldwide number of monkeypox cases has risen to 21099 as of July 29, 2022 while mortality is not a concern yet. Source: http://global.health.