The World Health Organization official said Monday that it’s unlikely that the monkeypox outbreak will evolve into a pandemic like COVID-19.

Sylvie Briand, WHO director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, said at a briefing that monkeypox remains a rare and generally mild viral infection — and that the current outbreak sill has many unknowns.

“We don’t want people to panic or be afraid and think that it’s like COVID or maybe worse,” Briand said, according to CNBC.