Denise Welch earned the backing of many Loose Women viewers after hitting out at monkeypox 'scaremongering' live on Monday's show.
At the start of last week, it was confirmed that the first case of the infectious disease had been discovered in the North East, with the patient affected taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary. Monkeypox is a viral infection usually associated with travel to West Africa, with symptoms including include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion, while a rash can also develop.
On Monday, as the UK Health Security Agency confirming the number of UK cases stands at 20, contacts of monkeypox cases at high risk of having caught the infection were advised to self-isolate for 21 days,. By the time cameras rolled on Loose Women at 12.30pm, the virus had made its way to the top of the onto the agenda for the latest episode of the ITV panel show.
