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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies in New York

Monkeypox outbreak: WHO working on sexual contact theory, top adviser says

New York state and city officials said they will try to determine how the patient was infected.
New York state and city officials said they will try to determine how the patient was infected. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

A senior adviser for the World Health Organization has said the monkeypox outbreak seems to be spreading through sexual contact, and warned that case numbers could spike over the summer months as people attend major summer gatherings and festivals.

David Heymann, chair of the WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential, led a meeting of the group on Friday “because of the urgency of the situation”.

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