>Is this a new strain or one of the two known strains? It's been confirmed that the current outbreak is the same as a 2018 outbreak of the West African clade.

>Is this a new strain or one of the two known strains? It's been confirmed that the current outbreak is the same as a 2018 outbreak of the West African clade. >Are we witnessing greater human-to-human transmission than previously known? This is the million $ question... it's been speculated that this outbreak originated due to some kind of (very) close contact event with dozens of people in Europe and continues to spread because of the long incubation period for monkeypox. >What is the fatality rate so far of this outbreak? None, so far (but it's still early).