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The World Health Organization (@WHO) says it expects to discover more cases of monkeypox as it expands surveillance in countries where the disease has yet to be identified.
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Between May 13 and May 21, at least 92 laboratory-confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox were reported to the WHO from 12 countries where the virus is not endemic. In non-endemic countries, one case is considered an outbreak.
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Eleven countries have been reporting monkeypox cases since it was first discovered in 1970: Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone and South Sudan.
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By May 23, five more countries reported their first confirmed cases, bringing the total number of nations reporting outbreaks this year to 17.
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No associated deaths have been reported to date in those countries in the current outbreak.
