The global outbreak of monkeypox has been going on for nearly five months now. In that time, over 60,000 people have been infected in over 100 countries. Most of the cases have been in young men and the disease has disproportionately affected men who have sex with men.
The outbreak appears to have peaked in mid-August. Since then, the number of cases has been falling steadily. It’s likely that the drop in infections can be attributed to the combined effect of the many public-health measures deployed to combat the virus’s spread.
