Can the spread of monkeypox be stopped?

Anyone can catch the virus if they are in close contact with an infected person or fabrics that touched an infected person. [iStockphoto]

Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox.

The World Health Organization classified the escalating outbreak of the once-rare disease as an international emergency in July; the U.S. declared it a national emergency last week.