It is with great sorrow that we have to inform about the passing of our dear colleague and long-standing IUSTI-Europe Council member Karen Babayan from Armenia.
Karen was a very active member of the group and will be missed sadly.
Our thoughts are with Karen´s family.

Claudia Heller-Vitouch
George-Sorin Tiplica

 Obituary

Over 61000 cases from 111 countries have been reported to WHO by 24 April 2023.

To keep up to date with the situation and response here are some useful links:

• WHO situation reports
• ECDC Mpox pages: factsheets, Q&A, resource sheets and epidemiology
• ECDC Public Health considerations for mpox
• BASHH UK monkeypox resource pages have lots of useful operational guidance
• Advice on Risk Communication and Community Engagement from ECDC

Dr. Andrew Winter
IUSTI-Europe Communications

[19 May 2022]  The 7th of May saw a report of Monkeypox from the UK which heralded a number of clusters which have to date totalled 9 cases.

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