World Health Organization officials said they expect more cases of monkeypox will be seen as surveillance expands, but outbreaks of the disease can be contained.
Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters The number of monkeypox cases detected world-wide has surpassed 1,000, as public-health authorities step up their response toThe virus until recently was rarely detected outside the parts of West and Central Africa where it is endemic. It now has affected 1,050 people across more than 40 countries, according to the nonprofit data platform Global.health.
Perhaps more attention to personal hygiene and knowing same of your contacts and having less association with those whose histories and travels are clearly unknown might help.