Atlanta, United States of America (CNN) – US President Joe Biden indicated that he does not expect the widespread spread of the “monkeypox” virus to be as dangerous as the “Covid-19” pandemic, in a major shift with his statements the day before he said that people should worry from this virus.
“We’ve had cases of monkeypox in the past, and we have vaccines to deal with it,” Biden said at a press conference in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
And the US President added, “I do not think that his danger is up to the level of the danger imposed by Covid-19,” but he called on people to “be careful.”
Biden had said Sunday that everyone should be concerned about the outbreak of monkeypox, and he said in statements to CNN: “They haven’t told me the level of spread yet, but it is something everyone should be concerned about,” as he put it.
The US President added, “We are working hard to find out what to do and what vaccine to use, if there is a vaccine at all, it is worrying because if it spreads widely, the consequences will be significant, they told me.”
The Centers for Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention in America is currently monitoring monkeypox infections and possible cases in the United States, and CNN had previously published a report indicating that center officials are working on an assessment about whether the smallpox vaccine should be provided to health workers who are infected with the virus. They are treated with monkeypox and for other people the disease may pose a “high risk” to them.