Today World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebeyesus, PhD, said the monkeypox outbreak in Europe continues to decline, and there are some signs the outbreak in the Americas is on the same trajectory.

"But as I said earlier, a downward trend can be the most dangerous time, if it opens the door to complacency," Tedros said in his weekly media address today.

Currently, the global total stands at 55,470 cases reported in 100 countries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday 771 more monkeypox cases, raising the nation's total to 20,733.

The United States has by far the most cases in the world, followed by Spain (6,749), Brazil (5,525), France (3,635), and Germany (3,511).