Amid four deaths due to monkeypox outside Africa, including India, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the infectious disease is likely to lead to more fatalities. "With the continued spread of monkeypox, we will expect to see more deaths," Catherine Smallwood, Senior Emergency Officer at WHO Europe, said in a statement. Smallwood emphasised that the goal needs to be "interrupting transmission quickly and stopping this outbreak". However, Smallwood stressed that in most cases the disease heals itself without the need for treatment.