WHO registered monkeypox cases among children

The World Health Organisation has documented several cases of monkeypox in children – as noted by Rosamund Lewis, who leads the smallpox secretariat of the WHO’s Emergencies Programme, RIA Novosti reports

According to her, the majority of monkeypox cases have been reported among children under the age of five.

“There are reports of cases in children. Today, about a third of them are in children under the age of ten, and half are in children under the age of five,” said Rosamund Lewis.

Moreover, she noted that the issue of transmission of monkeypox among patients 18-19 years old has not yet been thoroughly studied. For younger children, they are more likely to become infected through ‘home exposure’.

At least 6,000 monkeypox cases have recently been confirmed across 58 countries of the world.