The World Health Organization, which is looking to rename monkeypox, called Tuesday for help from the public in coming up with a less stigmatising designation for the fast-spreading disease.
The WHO aims to consult experts in orthopoxviruses on more appropriate names for the monkeypox virus. Earlier during the coronavirus pandemic, people around the world referred to Covid virus as China or Wuhan virus, and again the emergence of a Covid strain in South Africa led to travel bans.