Marchiso muti, director of the WHO Regional Office for Africa, expressed concern about the spread of monkeypox in Africa on June 30. She also warned that there were signs that rich countries had begun to stockpile vaccines and that such a thing must be avoided again. Ahmed ogwell Omar, acting director of the African Center for Disease Control and prevention, said that the prevalence of monkeypox in many countries in Africa has put Africa into a state of emergency, and the lack of detection capacity has led to a large number of suspected cases that cannot be confirmed. According to who data, as of June 28, 13 countries in Africa have reported 1821 suspected cases of monkeypox, of which only 109 were confirmed by laboratory tests. Ghana, Morocco and South Africa recently reported monkeypox cases for the first time. "The spread of monkeypox virus in areas in Africa where confirmed cases have never been found is worrying," muti said. "African countries watched other countries rush to order vaccines at the early stage of covid-19 vaccine promotion. Such a thing cannot happen again. There are signs that this has happened." Monkeypox is mainly prevalent in West and Central Africa, but recently many non monkeypox endemic countries have reported monkeypox cases. On June 25, who said that the monkeypox epidemic recently spread in more than 50 countries and regions would not constitute a "public health emergency of international concern". Monkeypox and smallpox belong to the genus orthopox virus. Who data show that the efficacy of smallpox vaccine against monkeypox virus has reached 85%. The United States and the European Union recently ordered a large number of vaccines to deal with monkeypox. Around covid-19 vaccine, who has always emphasized fair distribution and criticized some rich countries for hoarding, jumping in the queue, going through the back door and pushing up prices. (Xinhua News Agency)