Monkeypox Outbreak Has Spread to More Than 20 Countries: WHO

A treatment room at a monkeypox quarantine area in Zomea Kaka, in the Central African Republic, on Oct. 18, 2018. Charles Bouessel/AFP via Getty Images

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it is investigating about 200 cases of monkeypox in 20 countries that are not generally known to suffer outbreaks of the rare, smallpox-like virus.

Approximately 200 confirmed cases and more than 100 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported so far, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead, according to CNBC. More cases of the virus will likely be reported as surveillance of the disease continues.