Stay updated with breaking news from Monkeypox Who. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Monkeypox outbreak: European health authorities have asked monkeypox patients to either kill or isolate their pet hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs over fears that the virus could become endemic across Europe if it makes the jump to animals, reports IANS. Some experts, however, have downplayed the risks.
Monkeypox is a virus that originates in wild animals like rodents and primates and occasionally jumps to people. It belongs to the same virus family as smallpox.
Monkeypoxvirus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus genus within the Poxviridae family
Cases of monkeypox have been reported from Britain, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Canada, Sweden, and the US. Denmark, Israel, and Canary Islands too have reported their first cases.
Virologist Boghuma Kabisen Titanji suggests that countries like India, which haven't detected cases yet, should maintain a 'high index of suspicion'.