Why is monkeypox still called monkeypox?

Almost two months later, nothing has changed yet. On June 14, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that he wanted change the name of monkeypox and he promised “announcements as soon as possible”. The disease might finally be given a name within “a few weeks”, now announces to Parisian Sylvie Briand, director of the Department of Preparation and Prevention of Epidemics and Pandemics at WHO.