Monkeypox Cases Around the World

Monkeypox Cases Around the World
Test tube labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" in a photo illustration taken on May 22, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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More than 30 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease as confirmed cases approach 1,900, most of them in Europe.

Monkeypox, which spreads through close contact and was first found in monkeys, mostly occurs in west and central Africa and only very occasionally spreads elsewhere.