The WHO and CDC have warned that a deadlier and more infectious form of monkeypox virus distinct from what caused last year’s outbreak is surging through the DRC and could potentially spread globally.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has never had this many Mpox cases. There was also the first documented case in the world of Clade I MXPV transmission via sexual contact
A group of global experts convened by the World Health Organisation (WHO) agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants. The experts agreed to name the variants using Roman numerals.