Monkeypox outbreak poses ‘moderate risk’ to global public health, WHO says
The ongoing monkeypox outbreak currently poses a moderate risk to global public health, the World Health Organization said Sunday in a statement that nevertheless raised the specter of the virus becoming entrenched as a pathogen that spreads from person to person.
The WHO said that 23 countries have reported a total of 257 confirmed cases and roughly 120 suspected cases under investigation as of May 26 — a rapid accumulation of cases in an unprecedented outbreak that was first detected earlier this month. To date most of the cases have been diagnosed in Europe and North America. The United States had detected 12 cases as of Friday.
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