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NYC recommends masks after local tests positive for monkeypox variant
The CDC is still waiting for confirmation that it is monkeypox, after the patient tested positive for orthopoxvirus - the genus of viruses that includes smallpox and monkeypox.
- WHO called an emergency meeting to discuss the virus' unprecedented spread
- The CDC issued an alert Friday telling doctors to be 'vigilant' for cases
- The NYC cases comes as Europe confirms 100 infections of the rare disease
- Health officials have suggested residents wear masks amid the outbreak