SEOUL — Monkeypox has caught the attention of United States President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that people should be on guard against the disease which has the potential for"consequential" impact, if it were to spread further.
The US leader, on his maiden trip to Asia as president, said in Seoul that health officials have not fully briefed him about"the level of exposure" in the United States. The first US case in the recent global spate was reported on May 18 in Massachusetts, which was joined on Sunday by Florida.