Monkeypox vs Covid-19: Here's all you need to know about the two infections

Even as the world reels from the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now sounded the alarm bell over a new viral disease, monkeypox, which is spreading rapidly and wreaking havoc around the world.

As at 5 PM EDT on on August 3, as many as 26,208 confirmed cases of monkeypox had been reported in 87 countries, according to data available on cdc.gov. With non-endemic countries reporting a rampant spike in the number of monkeypox cases, WHO on July 24, 2022, declared monkeypox a global health emergency. India has reported 9 cases