The disease is incurable and it's already been found in at least 10 countries! via RT Image: The hands of a monkeypox patient displaying the diesase's characteristic rash, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1997 © AP / US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The World Health Organization (WHO) is reportedly convening an emergency meeting as more and more countries discover cases of rare monkeypox. With the US government already buying up a potential vaccine against the disease, here's what we know so far. Where is it? Monkeypox is endemic in parts of West and Central Africa, where it can be caught from infected wild animals such as rats, mice, and squirrels. However, a case in the UK earlier this month involving a patient with "a recent travel history from Nigeria" caught the eye of the health authorities, and as of Friday, 20 cases have now been recorded in Britain. Monkeypox cases have also been recorded in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Sweden, and