On the verge of a new global pandemic?

After outbreaks were reported in areas where the disease is not normally seen, the Organization of World Health reported on Sunday that monkey pox represents a "high danger" to global public health.

"If this virus takes advantage of the ability to develop itself to be a human pathogen and moves to individuals at greater risk of severe infection, like small children and vulnerable people, the risk to the public might rise dramatically," WHO added.

According to the World Health Organization, a number of 257 cases reported and 120 confirmed cases have been documented from 23 non-endemic member countries as of May 26. So far, zero deaths have been reported.

The unexpected development of monkeypox in multiple non-endemic countries, according to the WHO, indicates undiscovered spread for some period and subsequent amplifying events.

As monitoring in epidemic and non-endemic nations expands, the agency expects more instances to be recorded.

Monkeypox is a serious infection that really is endemic in portions throughout Western and Central Africa. It is relatively harmless. Because it is transmitted by physical intimacy, it is very difficult to regulate using self-isolation and hygiene precautions. 

The majority of the cases recorded thus far have been found in the Spain, Portugal, and United Kingdom.

"The great majority of these cases so far have no proven trip links to an endemic region and have appeared through basic care or reproductive health care," according to the United Nations agency.