Monkeypox: From beginnings in Africa to global spread

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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — As monkeypox infections jump around the world, prompting a scramble for vaccines, AFP looks at how the disease has spread since first appearing in Africa in the 1970s. On Thursday, World Health Organization (WHO) experts will meet to decide whether a surge in infections outside Africa since May now constitutes a global health emergency. Monkeypox, so called because it was first discovered in a monkey, is related to the deadly smallpox […]