LONDON (Reuters) – There have been more than 1,000 monkeypox cases reported to the World Health Organization in the current outbreak outside the countries in Africa where it more commonly spreads.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk of monkeypox becoming established in these non-endemic countries was real, but preventable.
Twenty-nine countries have reported cases in the current outbreak, which began in May.
(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy, Jennifer Rigby; Editing by Toby Chopra)
