28+ Monkeypox Virus Wales Bbc Images. Matt hancock reveals he is currently dealing with an outbreak of monkeypox when he gave evidence today at a select committee about the government's handling of the pandemic. Scientists later discovered that other animals can contract the monkeypox virus.
Experts say it isn't infectious but health officials are monitoring cases. The monkeypox virus is similar to human smallpox, a disease that has been eradicated in 1980. According to medicine.com, monkeypox occurs sporadically in.
Experts say it isn't infectious but health officials are monitoring cases.
Scientists later discovered that other animals can contract the monkeypox virus. Smallpox was declared eradicated from the world in 1980. Monkeypox virus (mpxv) causes disease in both animals and humans. Monkeypox is a virus that occurs mostly in remote tropical rainforests of central and west african countries.