Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will lead to pandemic, says WHO By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – The World Well being Group doesn’t imagine the monkeypox outbreak outdoors of Africa will result in a pandemic, an official mentioned on Monday, including that it stays unclear whether or not contaminated people who find themselves not displaying signs can transmit the illness.

Greater than 300 suspected and confirmed circumstances of monkeypox, a normally delicate sickness that spreads via shut contact, inflicting flu-like signs and a particular rash, have been reported in Could.

Most circumstances have been in Europe relatively than within the Central and West African nations the place the virus is endemic. No deaths have been reported to date.