An epidemiologist is urging the nation to take monkeypox seriously and tackle stigma around the disease as it expands to a level that will cause a “significant burden on services”.
The disease, which causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, was declared a global health emergency two weeks ago by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
More than 19,000 monkeypox cases have been reported worldwide in 76 countries since the global outbreak began at the beginning of Spring.
