On the 25th local time, according to the latest data on the CDC official website of the U.S. Centers for disease control, there were 1259 new confirmed cases of monkeypox in the world, 

and the total number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the world reached 18095, covering 75 countries and regions around the world.

The who said that so far, most monkeypox cases have come from Europe, especially among men who have sex with men.

World Health Organization director general tham Desai announced that the monkeypox epidemic currently spreading in 75 countries and regions has constituted a "public health emergency of international concern". 

This is the highest level alert issued by the organization for global public health emergencies, which also means that the current COVID-19 epidemic and monkeypox epidemic are at this level at the same time.

After this warning was issued, many countries have upgraded the prevention and control policies of monkeypox epidemic. The first is the White House of the United States. On July 25 local time, the Biden administration considered declaring monkeypox a health emergency, and will assign a Commissioner to be responsible for the deployment of the epidemic in the United States.

According to the latest data from the CDC, the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States is rising sharply. The number of confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox increased by more than 100% in the week from July 11 to 16.

As of July 22, there were 2891 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States. In addition to Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Mississippi, Vermont, Maine, 44 other states and Washington, the capital, confirmed cases have been found.

According to the data released by the Canadian public health agency on July 22 local time, there are currently 681 confirmed monkeypox cases in Canada, 142 more than the number of cases a week ago (i.e. on July 15). Among them, there were 331 cases in Quebec, 288 cases in Ontario, 48 cases in British Columbia, 12 cases in Alberta and 2 cases in Saskatchewan.

The Ministry of health of Peru reported on July 25 local time that the confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country have risen to 203. The infected people come from 8 regions across the country, of which 175 are concentrated in the capital Lima. The Ministry of health of Peru said that all infected people have received medical care, and 27 infected people have been discharged.

According to the assessment of who, monkeypox epidemic is medium risk outside Europe and high risk in Europe.

French health authorities said the country had recorded 1453 confirmed cases of monkeypox infection, up from 912 a week ago. The authorities explained that the significant increase in the number did not mean that the epidemic was spreading faster in France.

In addition, Japan has also upgraded its risk level. On July 25, the Ministry of foreign affairs of Japan issued a level 1 infectious disease risk alert for overseas travel, reminding people to pay attention to the risk of infection when going overseas, which covers the world. This level is the lowest of the four prompt levels.

The General Administration of Customs of China also issued the "announcement on preventing monkeypox epidemic from entering China" on July 25, which clearly stipulates that personnel from countries where monkeypox epidemic occurs, who have been exposed to monkeypox cases or have symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle soreness, back pain, swollen lymph nodes, facial and body rashes, should take the initiative to declare to the Customs at the time of entry, The customs health quarantine personnel will take medical measures and carry out sampling and testing according to the specified procedures.

Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the China Center for Disease Control and prevention, said in a document on the 25th that it was only a matter of time before monkeypox was introduced into Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao from the perspective of the crowd and mode of transmission affected by monkeypox in European and American countries.

Due to the limitation of the mode of transmission, its transmission speed and the scope of the affected population are far from being the same as that of covid-19. In other words, monkeypox epidemic will not cause a large-scale epidemic in China.