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The recent monkeypox outbreak has been spreading in 28 countries, of which 23 are non-endemic regions for the virus. With an unprecedented 257 confirmed cases being reported as of Sunday, it has got some public health experts concerned. After over two years of the exhausting COVID-19 pandemic, many people are asking: could the monkeypox outbreak snowball into another pandemic? In the latest episode of Tech It Out's special series "Science Behind Virus", CGTN's Yang Zhao spoke with Dr. Zhu Huachen, a public health expert from the University of Hong Kong, about the known and unknown of this emerging pathogen, and the probability of it evolving into another pandemic. Tune in to find out more.