Monkeypox outbreak can still be contained, insists UN health agency

“What we know from this virus and these modes of transmission, this outbreak can still be contained; it is the objective of the World Health Organization (

) and Member States to contain this outbreak and to stop it,” said Dr Rosamund Lewis, head of the smallpox team, which is part of the WHO Emergencies Programme. “The risk to the general public therefore appears to be low, because we know that the main modes of transmission have been…