in the upcoming days,' Raj Panjabi, White House senior director for health security and biodefense, said in the press briefing. 'We shouldn't be surprised to see more cases reported in the U.S. The disease, which mostly occurs in west and central Africa, is a viral infection that was first recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1970s. Some of the nine cases identified as of Wednesday have a recent history of international travel to areas with active monkeypox outbreaks but 'others do not', the CDC director said on Thursday. The first monkeypox case in the United States was reported in Massachusetts last week. The World Health Organization urged countries to increase surveillance for monkeypox. Over 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with about 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of infections, mostly in Europe. Walensky urged an approach that is 'guided by science, not by stigma.'

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