The Ministry of Health and Population revealed a definition of monkeypox, stressing that it is the virus that causes monkeypox, and it is very close to the virus that causes smallpox that infects humans, but it is less lethal and less transmissible.
The Ministry of Health and Population said: Monkeypox was first discovered in monkey laboratories in 1958, hence the name monkeypox.
The Ministry of Health and Population added that the virus is endemic to West and Central Africa and rarely reaches other continents, and when that happens, outbreaks of the disease are very few and are measured in individual numbers.
And the Ministry of Health and Population continued: The monkeypox virus is similar to the nature of the Corona virus, and the latter was completely unknown when it first appeared and is not transmitted through the air over long distances, but through contact with infected people.
She added: Monkeypox does not spread easily and does not spread through the air for long distances, but through contact with people with viruses for long periods, which is likely not to turn into a pandemic, and she said: The disease causes symptoms that include high temperature and rashes.
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