In June, the World Health Organization announced plans to rename the Monkeypox virus and two of its variants after scientists expressed concern about possible stigma and racist backlash to the names. The two variants, known as clades, had previously been called the Congo Basin clade and West African clade. They will now be listed using roman numerals instead. In a statement the W.H.O. said, "Current best practice is that newly-identified viruses, related disease, and virus variants should be given names with the aim to avoid causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, or ethnic groups, and minimize any negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare."
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