New name ‘M. Pox’
The World Health Organization has officially announced that from now on the ‘Monkey Pox’ virus will be called ‘M.Pox’.
The World Health Organization had said a few weeks ago that it hopes to call the ‘Monkey Pox’ virus by the name ‘M.Pox’. It was officially announced at the press conference held in Geneva.
In the press conference, the World Health Organization said that the name ‘Monkey Pox’ should be used instead of ‘Monkey Pox’ (monkey fever/Monkey Pox) by a different name. explained.
By now, people infected with ‘monkey pox’ have been reported from many countries of the world. The monkey pox virus is a virus that falls between the chicken pox and small pox viruses. Medical researchers believe that monkey pox is more common among gay men.
(Reuters)
