Misinformation abounds about monkeypox: ‘Very ignorant rumour’
Published on: Thursday, June 09, 2022
Published on: Thu, Jun 09, 2022
By: AFP
Text Size:
Text:
This handout photo provided by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention was taken in 1997 during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
PARIS: The recent emergence of hundreds of cases of monkeypox worldwide has already triggered a flood of misinformation online, much of it modelled on conspiracy theories that have been circulating since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.