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Monkeypox is a containable situation, need to stop human-to-human transmission: WHO

<span style="color: #222222;">The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Monkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected.<br />''<br />''The WHO's emerging disease lead Maria Van Kerkhove said at a news conference today, that this is a containable situation and there is a need to stop human-to-human transmission.<br />''<br />''She further said, transmission is really happening from skin-to-skin contact, most of the people who have been identified have more mild diseases.<br />''<br />''According to media reports, more than 100 cases of the virus, which causes a rash and a fever have been confirmed in Europe, Americas, and Australia.<br />''<br />''The virus is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa.</span><br />

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