What is mpox and how is it spread? | BBC News

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern.

The highly contagious disease - formerly known as monkeypox - has killed at least 450 people during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It has now spread across parts of central and east Africa, and scientists are concerned about how fast a new variant of the disease is spreading and its high fatality rate.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the potential for further spread within Africa and beyond "is very worrying".

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[wiseget]

Close Britain’s borders immediately. Hang on, we haven’t got any!

[slobiden.]

You want us to close our doors but not the borders?

[julesindigoblue]

Riddle me this: Any good Epidemiologist would find the source…confine the source/ outbreak area….and stop the spread. So….if you look at FlightRadar, why are there continual flights to and from Central Africa into the Uk, Europe and North America? Flights should be immediately grounded from contamination areas. But, like COVID, (I have images), the flights continue. Unbelievable.

[nl]

Stop the flights coming from affected countries. We should learn from past mistakes

[denisebedding]

stop all flights from affected countries

[travispardy]

Public health emergency of international concern? Wait, don't help me, I know the next part of this one!

[AngryAmygdala]

What’s Bill Gates up to now. Expect new vaccine trials on all of you.

[deb-]

And yet our government let anyone into the country who could have it.

[JohnSmith-njzq]

How is the head of WHO is still employed after Covid is what the world should be asking.

[jc]

Praying for africa to beat these evil virus.

[giusypelle]

Please dont call it with any animal name and tell us that this disease is not originated from a laboratory, because we know it did.

[raoulduke]

"Fool me once, shame on... on me. Fool me twice... shame on... shame... you fooled me you cant fool me again"
George W Bush

[andyetheridge]

M Pox derives from sub saharan Africa and yet hundreds are entering the UK unchecked and unvetted!
What could go wrong?

[daledevernon]

For foreigners who are visiting Africa, keep it in your pants please.

[tomr]

They've even shortened the name, very convenient as this will be in common conversation soon

[andreacorrea]

The philanthropists who manage the WHO have not been able to impose the "green pass health" in 3 years and not even in their several extraordinary meetings this year, so, these philanthropists of the world (who do not care about us, obviously) decided that on the 2nd and 3rd October, the WHO will once again present this type of ID identity at the annual UN meeting, to avoid the pandemic that they plan to declare on October 5, 2024. (obviously they already have the mRNA injection for which they declare)

[montanablack]

Yes, MonkeyPox is so important, that the British Government is going to allow droves of people from other countries (mostly males) into their country to aid in minimizing the viruses spread.


By the way, BBC News YT channel turned off comments only on videos regarding the riots, because of the unfortunate deletion of 3 innocent girls by the 2nd generation son of a Rwandan immigrant, not a Welshman.

[otomeroid]

I'd rather die now. I ain't tryna deal with yet another pandemic.

[PNcadete]

Nah... you ain't fooling us again.

[curiositycloset]

Hmm what kind of physical contact BBC? The patients are mostly children you say?