Public health officials have confirmed seven more cases of monkeypox in England, bringing the UK total to 78, as scientists said the virus may have been circulating unseen for several years.
The sudden surge in monkeypox, which is usually found in west and central Africa, has been recorded in at least 20 countries in the past month, with more than 200 confirmed cases and dozens more under investigation.
It is the first time the disease has spread in the community outside Africa, with all previous cases associated with travel to regions where the virus is endemic or to imported animals harbouring the virus.
I am never going to give a shit about Monkeypox, no matter how hard the media and this subreddit attempt to make me.
This would have been a page 10 story in the newspaper, back in 2019. COVID is the only reason anyone is giving it any kind of attention.
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Public health officials have confirmed seven more cases of monkeypox in England, bringing the UK total to 78, as scientists said the virus may have been circulating unseen for several years.
The sudden surge in monkeypox, which is usually found in west and central Africa, has been recorded in at least 20 countries in the past month, with more than 200 confirmed cases and dozens more under investigation.
It is the first time the disease has spread in the community outside Africa, with all previous cases associated with travel to regions where the virus is endemic or to imported animals harbouring the virus.
I am never going to give a shit about Monkeypox, no matter how hard the media and this subreddit attempt to make me.
This would have been a page 10 story in the newspaper, back in 2019. COVID is the only reason anyone is giving it any kind of attention.
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this looks like a replay of the covid timeline.