At the end of 2023, I reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that a more infectious mpox (i.e., the rebranded monkeypox) virus strain had been found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was spreading and had a higher infection fatality rate than previous virus strains that had spread during 2022’s “Monkeypox Emergency. “

Last spring, the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm about the DRC mpox outbreak.  Researchers who studied the strain warned that it has “pandemic potential.”

This week, I reported that WHO has officially declared the ongoing monkeypox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency.

Now a case of virulent type of monkeypox is being reported outside of Africa.