More Than 1,000 Monkeypox Cases Reported to WHO: Briefing

More Than 1,000 Monkeypox Cases Reported to WHO: Briefing
Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken on May 22, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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LONDON—There have been more than 1,000 monkeypox cases reported to the World Health Organization in the current outbreak outside the countries in Africa where it more commonly spreads.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk of monkeypox becoming established in these non-endemic countries was real but preventable at this point.