A child has reportedly been rushed to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after they were diagnosed with monkeypox. Despite this, the health secretary has confirmed that ‘most cases are mild.'
Scientists from the University of Cambridge, UCL and the London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine, as well as experts from the Ministry of Defence and Public Health England, backed calls for the development of a ‘new generation of vaccines and treatments’.
Their paper, published in 2020, warned that fewer than one in three people are now protected against smallpox, and by association, monkeypox., Dr Muge Cevik from the University of St Andrews said on Twitter. The infectious disease expert stressed this is ‘the biggest outbreak outside of Africa, and there will be more cases to come’.UKHSA confirmed that a notable proportion of early cases detected have been in gay and bisexual men.
Dr Claire Dewsnap, president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, is also worried about the rate the virus is spreading, adding she expects a
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