As more cases of the virus emerge outside Africa, there are significant concerns about its potential to escalate, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
The virus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses. But we don’t know whether it spreads from human to human.
As the situation evolves, the World Health Organisation expects still more cases of monkeypox will be identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries.
Coronavirus infections are growing and crossing geographic borders, but what are they, and should we be worried?
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