Monkeypox Outbreak: A New Pandemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received many confirmed reports in several countries, including the U.S., of an outbreak of a novel strain of the Monkeypox. The UK, Spain, Portugal, and the U.S. have confirmed a small number of growing Monkeypox cases that have caused global concern. This strain of Monkeypox, which is commonly found in Africa, was brought to Massachusetts by someone who had just travelled from the UK. And while the strain is considered rare and centralized in Africa, epidemiologists still have concerns as it is a novel strain, similar to the recent SARS-CoVID-2 strain, or COVID-19, with its many sub-variants like the Delta and Omicron, are not taking any chances and monitoring the current situation closely. What is Monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses as Smallpox, the pandemic outbreak that devastated more than half of the…