Why are monkeypox cases suddenly emerging across the world and could the virus have mutated?

Monkeypox, which was first identified in 1970, usually only occurs outside central and western African when an infected traveller returns home.
Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Monkeypox, which was first identified in 1970, usually only occurs outside central and western African when an infected traveller returns home.
Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/24/why-are-monkeypox-cases-suddenly-emerging-across-the-world-and-could-the-virus-have-mutated