
Zurich: Europe has logged no deaths resulting from monkeypox infections, while recording some 12,000 probable or confirmed cases since mid-May, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said on Tuesday.
"From 13 May through 22 July, close to 12,000 probable or confirmed cases, mostly in men who have sex with men, have been reported in the [European] Region, of whom 8% were hospitalized with, fortunately, no deaths to date," Kluge said in a statement.