113 monkeypox cases recorded in Germany

About three weeks after the first detection of monkeypox in Germany, the number of infections recorded at the nation’s disease control body, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), has risen to 113, Report informs via foreign media.

“All cases in Germany reported to the RKI are men,’’ a spokeswoman for the institute said on Wednesday in response to a query.

On Tuesday, the RKI was aware of 80 cases nationwide.

A large proportion of the reported infections were in the capital, as of Tuesday evening, the Berlin health administration reported 72 people affected, 13 of whom were being treated in hospital.

According to previous data, Germany seemed to be one of the European countries with a particularly high number of cases of the virus, along with countries such as Britain, Spain and Portugal.

Monkeypox is considered a less severe disease compared to smallpox, which has been eradicated since 1980.

The pathogen is usually transmitted from person to person through close physical contact.