Prognosis
Beating Monkeypox Will Be Easier Than Covid, Health Experts Say
- World has what it needs to prevent a global problem: CEPI CEO
- Key is teaching people to recognize the symptoms quickly
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Monkeypox isn’t the next Covid-19, and the world already has the tools it needs to contain the outbreak, public health experts said.
The virus probably won’t trigger the next pandemic, Seth Berkley, chief executive officer of the GAVI Alliance, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum in Davos. WHO officials also said Tuesday that the disease can be contained if people are informed of the symptoms so they can recognize it quickly.