Monkeypox will continue spreading among humans for a while, the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology director Dr Anan Jongkaewwattana said in response to new cases being detected in Europe and Canada.
The first human case of monkeypox, a viral zoonotic disease, was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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