Monkeypox
Originating in Africa, monkeypox is experiencing a revival in the UK four years after the first cases were detected in 2018.
However, unlike those earlier cases, this form of monkeypox is spreading much more efficaciously and among a more specific group with most of the cases among sexually active young men who have sex with other men.
This doesn’t mean monkeypox is a sexually transmitted infection; rather, it is a virus spread through large droplets or through contact with the skin, clothes, or bedsheets of someone with the condition.
Symptoms of monkeypox include:
• A rash
• A high temperature
• A headache
• Muscle aches
• Backache
• Swollen glands
• Shivering
• Exhaustion
• Joint pain.