"Monkeypox Cases Continue to Rise: How to Stay Safe?"

Introduction In recent months, the world has been grappling with the resurgence of a lesser-known viral disease - monkeypox. Although not as well-known as diseases like COVID-19 or the flu, monkeypox has been causing concern due to a significant increase in reported cases. Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that is similar to human smallpox. It is caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the same family of viruses as smallpox. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), since early May 2022, cases of monkeypox have been reported from countries where the disease is not endemic, and continue to be reported in several endemic countries. Most confirmed cases with travel history reported travel to countries in Europe and North America, rather than West or Central Africa where the monkeypox virus is endemic. This is the first time that many monkeypox cases and clusters have been reported concurrently in non-endemic and endemic countries in widely disparate geographical ar...