WHO acknowledged that it renamed monkeypox virus types in response to criticism that the names might be offensive or suggest racism.
The varieties from the Congo Basin (Central Africa) and West Africa were categorised as Clade I and Clade II, with the latter having two subclades, respectively.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported so far in 89 countries.
United States has seen about 11,000 infections across forty-nine states.
In June 2022, the WHO declared the global spread of monkeypox to be an international emergency.
The United States declared its own epidemic to be a public health emergency earlier this month(August).
Healthcare providers are now able to divide Jynneos monkeypox vaccine doses thanks to an emergency use authorization that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released last week.
By coming into close contact with lesions, bodily fluids, respiratory droplets, and contaminated objects like bedding, the monkeypox virus can spread from one person to another.