The World Health organisation's latest assessment of the monkeypox outbreak is that it poses a moderate threat to public health, as cases of the infection continue to rise.
The World Health Organization has said the current outbreak of monkeypox is the largest ever recorded outside sub-Saharan Africa, with cases rising above the 100-mark a few days ago and the
Siga Technologies has won US approval for Tpoxx, the first drug to be licensed to treat smallpox which, despite being eradicated in the 1980s, might be still used in a bioattack.