ANALYSIS: Why doesn't monkeypox have a new name yet?
Confirmed monkeypox cases globally. Orange=has not historically reported monkeypox; blue=has historically reported monkeypox.
During the same period, 375 cases have been reported in seven countries that have historically reported monkeypox. While the focus has been on changing the name of monkeypox, it's the names of the two main clades that are most geographicallyHow is the name of a disease created? In 2015, the WHO, in consultation and collaboration with the World Organization for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,if the causative pathogen is known, it should be used as part of the disease name with additional descriptors; for example,potential acronyms should be evaluated to ensure they also comply with these best practices
geographic locations, such as cities, countries, regions, and continents should be avoided; poor earlier examples include Murray Valley encephalitis and Spanish fluNaming of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, did not include the name of the pathogen. But it did comply with the other criteria and, fortunately, was not called Wuhan disease or China virus.The WHO is not directly responsible for naming or renaming viruses, clades of viruses and the diseases those viruses cause.