Liverpool’s largest continuously running LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity has voiced its concerns amid the monkeypox outbreak.
Sahir House, which has been offering HIV support, prevention, information and training across Merseyside since 1985, claims “swift action is needed to prevent Monkeypox from becoming endemic in the UK.”
Monkeypox is a rare infection which is mainly spread by wild animals in parts of west or central Africa. The risk of catching it in the UK tends to be low, however, as of Thursday, June 14, the total number of cases reported by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has risen to 1,856.
