WHO virus taxonomy team is currently working on the naming. https://www.who.int/news/item/12-08-2022-monkeypox--experts-give-virus-variants-new-names https://w

WHO virus taxonomy team is currently working on the naming. https://www.who.int/news/item/12-08-2022-monkeypox--experts-give-virus-variants-new-names https://www.who.int/news/item/12-08-2022-monkeypox--experts-... Original Monkeypox virus was identified and named in 1958 when naming conventions were different. Currently, the naming best practice tries to avoid including region where the virus/organism is discovered and/or primary/secondary carriers as was the practice earlier. Eg: The COVID-19 coronavirus is named SARS-COV-2 by WHO. Coronavirus refers to a large family of viruses of which the SARS-COV-2 is one of them.