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LONDON -- A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that appears to have been caused by sexual activity at two recent raves in Europe.

Monkeypox, a rare virus normally found in Africa, has been reported in clusters around the world, prompting a swift response by scientists.

A patient who traveled to Europe and came back to Sacramento most likely has monkeypox; the first known case in California.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asserted that the rising number of monkeypox cases suggests that the virus has already spread widely across communities.

The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the UK has now risen to 71

A doctor heading a World Health Organization group says the outbreak in developed countries is ‘a random event’ possibly explained by risky sexual behavior at two raves in Europe.

A new suspected case of monkeypox has been identified in the Seattle area, where a man who traveled abroad was being tested Monday for the virus. 

WHO has recorded more than 90 cases of monkeypox in a dozen countries including Canada, Spain, Israel, France, Switzerland, the US and Australia.

Dr David Heymann, an advisor to the World Health Organisation has identified a possible source of the recent Monkeypox outbreaks.

Scientists in Portugal, who are studying the genetic material of the monkeypox virus behind the global outbreak, spotted mutations in 50 parts of the strain.