Mpox, OPOXID-22, Poxy McPoxface, TRUMP-22... The public is contributing inspiration to World Health Organization renaming monkeypox virus. Among these various phrases, perhaps one of them will become the new name of monkeypox virus.
According to a Reuters report on the 216th, the WHO has the right to assign new names to existing diseases included in the International Classification of Diseases. These disease names are usually selected behind closed doors by a technical committee, but this time WHO decided to open a call for new names for monkeypox virus.
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WHO has received dozens of naming suggestions from different groups such as scholars and doctors. A new name, Mpox, submitted by Samuel Migliello, director of a Canadian men's health organization, is one of the most popular suggestions yet; Jeremy Foster, an emergency physician at Harvard Medical School, submitted a "tech stream" name OPOXID -twenty two.
WHO under pressure to rename monkeypox virus. Critics believe that the name monkeypox is misleading because monkeys are not the primary host of the virus. In June, some well-known scientists jointly called for the name of monkeypox to be changed, demanding that the new name be "neutral, non-discriminatory, and non-stigmatizing."
WHO spokesperson Fadra Shaib said on the 16th that "it is very important to find a new name for monkeypox" to ensure that it does not offend any specific group of people, animals, countries, regions, etc.
Scheib did not give a timetable for changing the name of the monkeypox virus, saying that the WHO would select a name from public naming suggestions "based on scientific accuracy, acceptability, pronunciation and availability in different languages" in the hope of finding "a different name" A name that stigmatizes (any group).”
The WHO announced on the 12th that it will rename the monkeypox virus branch. The new name will be composed of Roman numerals and lowercase English letters. For example, the previous Congo Basin branch was renamed to branch I, and the West African branch was renamed to branch II. Clade II includes two sub-clades, IIa and IIb, of which IIb is a group of virus variants that are mainly circulating in the monkeypox epidemic in 2022.
Monkeypox was previously prevalent in West Africa and Central Africa. Since May this year, monkeypox cases have been reported in many countries and regions outside Africa. The World Health Organization announced on July 23 that this year's monkeypox epidemic in many countries constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern."
Scientists first discovered this virus in a group of monkeys used for research in 1958. At that time, these monkeys developed a "pox-like" infectious disease, hence the name monkeypox virus. The World Health Organization emphasized on the 9th that the current monkeypox epidemic is not related to monkeys, and harming or even killing monkeys should be stopped.
(Original title: WHO is giving monkeypox a new name)
Source: CCTV News
Process Editor: TF063
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