Commentary: Vigilance, not universal smallpox vaccination, needed against monkeypox - CNA

The monkeypox virus is endemic in countries where it circulates constantly in animals and there's a risk the current outbreak could find its way into animals in non-endemic countries. Complacency is not an option, says the Financial Times' Anjana Ahuja.

LONDON: The Angel of Death was an oddly serene term for a disease that killed millions and left survivors disfigured by small pocks, or blisters on the skin. Smallpox, named in the 15th century to di… [+1930 chars]

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