Monkeypox could have ‘massive impact’ on sexual health services, doctor warns

designated a notifiable disease by the UK Health Security Agency, meaning doctors in England will be required to notify their local council or Health Protection Team if they suspect a patient has monkeypox. Cases in the UK rose to over 300 yesterday.In a warning regarding the disease’s spread across Europe and the US, the WHO said large-scale events like festivals could “provide further context where amplification may occur”.

Scotland now has four confirmed cases of Monkeypox, authorities have confirmed.

Monkeypox cases will 'likely' continue to rise and could turn deadly, an international public health professor has warned.

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There are now 71 confirmed cases of monkeypox reported in the UK, the UK Health Security Agency said on Tuesday. Experts have advised parents not to worry about their children catching the disease as cases in youngsters are still rare.

The total number of monkeypox cases in England has now reached 56, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. Case numbers have more than doubled, increasing by 36 from the previous number of 20 cases recorded on Sunday.

An adviser to the Scottish Government on Covid has urged the public not to panic after the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in Scotland.

A child has been admitted to intensive care with monkeypox as cases in the UK continue to be detected daily, reports claim.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued new advice on the Monkeypox outbreak as it prepares to announce more cases of the virus on Monday (May 23).

Two more people have been diagnosed with monkeypox, taking the total number of cases in England to nine this month. As the latest two cases have no travel links to any country where the rare viral infection is endemic, it is possible that they developed the infection via contact with an infected person.The UKHSA is now working closely with the NHS to investigate how and where the recent infections were transmitted, as well as how the cases may be linked to one another.

Monkeypox has spread to both Spain and Portugal as health officials confirmed cases.

Nine cases of Monkeypox have been detected in the UK already this month, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

An outbreak of the rare monkeypox infection in United Kingdom and Europe has led to health authorities asking gay and bisexual men to watch out for symptoms, including for tell-tale skin lesions or rashes on any part of their body. The number of cases in the UK rose to nine, while Portugal and Spain reported 20 suspected cases and 23 suspected cases respectively. Many of the recent cases have been reported among gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men.