The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it is investigating about 200 cases of monkeypox in 20 countries that are not generally known to suffer outbreaks of the rare, smallpox-like virus.
Approximately 200 confirmed cases and more than 100 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported so far, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead, according to CNBC. More cases of the virus will likely be reported as surveillance of the disease continues.
The recent spread of the virus appears to have occurred at two rave-like events in Belgium and Spain in recent days, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO have suggested monkeypox is spreading primarily via homosexual males….