It comes after a group of scientists said there was an 'urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatising' name for the virus, which has mysteriously spread outside Africa in recent weeks
The scientists added that names which are"neutral, non-discriminatory and non-stigmatising will be more appropriate for the global health community".
It has since been identified in some wild monkeys in parts of Africa, but rodents are thought to be the main source of infection for human outbreaks in endemic regions.What it's like to catch monkeypox "We don't want to wait until the situation is out of control," said the WHO's emergencies director for Africa, Ibrahima Socé Fall.
British scientists said last week they could not tell if the spread of the disease in the UK had peaked.
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