Since early May 2022 and as of 7 July, cases of monkeypox (MPX) have been reported in non-endemic countries. Twenty-six European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries have reported 4 908 cases, representing 65% of all cases reported worldwide in 2022.
This updated rapid risk assessment includes new information on the different clinical picture of MPX cases in the ongoing outbreak. It includes novel insights from a stochastic mathematical model developed collaboratively by ECDC and the European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) to assess vaccination strategies as outbreak response measures. It also contains references to all the recently produced technical documents on contact tracing and risk communication and community engagement developed in collaboration between ECDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and civil society organisations.
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