The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound.
Monkeypox, so called because it was first discovered in a monkey, is related to the deadly smallpox virus, which was eradicated in 1980, but is far less severe.1970: First case in humansIt becomes endemic in the tropical rainforests of central and west Africa, where 11 countries report cases.2003: First outbreak outside Africa
2017 brings a major outbreak in Nigeria, with more than 200 confirmed cases and a fatality rate of around 3%, according to the WHO. Three days later, the European Union says it is working on centralizing purchases of vaccines, as it did for COVID-19.In early June, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that more than 1,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported to WHO from 29 countries where the virus is not usually present.
On July 14, the US CDC reports more than 11,000 confirmed cases in some 60 countries where monkeypox is not usually found. Most of the cases are in Europe, the United States and Canada.
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