PUBLISHED WED, JUN 1 202212:23 PM EDTUPDATED 4 MIN AGO

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/01/who-says-monkeypox-has-been-spreading-undetected-as-global-cases-rise-to-more-than-550.html

Spencer Kimball@SPENCEKIMBALL

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• WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the sudden appearance of monkeypox in multiple countries across the world indicates the virus has been spreading undetected for some time.
• It’s unclear how long the virus has been spreading undetected outside Africa, according to Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the WHO’s monkeypox technical lead.
• “We don’t really know whether it’s too late to contain. What the WHO and all member states are trying to do is prevent onward spread,” Lewis said.

In this photo illustration, a photo of a hand infected with the Monkeypox virus is seen through a magnifying glass. Monkeypox is a viral disease that occurs mainly in central and western Africa.

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