WHO urges preparation for mega-lockdowns over monkeypox: 'Tough isolation measures'
WHO calls on governments to prepare for tough new lockdown measures.
The organization fears that the new strain of monkeypox will develop into a deadly pandemic.
The new strain has a much higher mortality rate than the 2022 strain, the WHO website reports.
On Wednesday, it was announced that monkeypox has been officially classified as an international health emergency.
According to WHO, confirmed cases of the new strain of monkeypox have been recorded in Central Africa.
The organization believes that it is only a matter of time before this strain spreads to larger areas.
The danger of the new strain of mpox
This new strain of monkeypox is an emergency.
It is more easily transmitted and detected, and has a much higher mortality rate.
The new strain of monkeypox can be spread sexually, within households, between mothers and their children.
