More than 550 monkeypox cases have been reported in 30 countries where the disease is not endemic, suggesting the outbreak may have been smoldering for a while before it was recognized, WHO said Wednesday.
In a new assessment, WHO raised the risk that the outbreak poses to global public health from “low” to “moderate,” attributing the change to the unprecedented occurrence of cases in multiple geographical areas including the United States, where there have been 18 confirmed cases in nine states as of May 31, according to the CDC.
“Investigations are ongoing, but