On the 9th local time, at a regular press conference held at the United Nations Office in Geneva, World Health Organization spokesperson Margaret Harris pointed out that the monkeypox virus exists in several animals, mainly rodents.
The virus was named monkeypox because it was first discovered in a group of monkeys at a zoo in Denmark.
Margaret Harris emphasized that the virus is now spreading from person to person, and it must not be stigmatized, and no animal or group should be stigmatized.
(Headquarters reporter Xue Jingmeng)