Travel heightens monkeypox risks in Asia, experts say


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Test tube labeled "Monkeypox virus positive" is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. [Photo/Agencies] While a pandemic-scale outbreak of monkeypox is unlikely, experts say Asian countries should be on the alert for infections as international travel picks up. Based on the biology of the virus and the mode of transmission, the likelihood the virus will quickly cause a widespread outbreak is low, according to the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, or IPC, a medical research institution in Cambodia. Monkeypox is spread only by close physical contact with someone who already has symptoms, with transmission through bodily fluids, pus, saliva...