Smallpox warnings “were ignored” and now the world must prepare for more outbreaks: scientists
For years, African scientists have been following a sharp rise in cases of monkeypox. In 2018, more than 2,800 suspected cases were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo alone. The following year, there were about 3,800. In 2020, half a century after the first human infection was found in the central African country, …