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As he declared monkeypox to be a “public health emergency of international concern,” World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted on Saturday that the viral disease, now recorded in more than 70 countries, is currently “concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded its highest level of alarm for monkeypox declaring it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
It's largely reported amongst men who have sex with men, but what's next for the virus, and will it become entrenched more widely in society?
Calling the disease sexually transmitted is inaccurate, and has led to stigmatisation of men who have sex with men
Los Angeles County health officials have warned that recent cases of monkeypox detected in the area have been linked to the gay and bisexual communities in the area.