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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Monkeypox will become endemic without targeted awareness campaign, Government warned

A colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles

(Picture: PA Media)

A leading sexual health charity has accused the Government of “lacklustre” action on monkeypox as it warned the virus could become endemic in the UK without a targeted awareness campaign.

The Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) said it had withdrawn its support from the Government’s “lacklustre” public health communications approach to the virus amid fears officials are not doing enough to reach the most at-risk group, gay and bisexual men.

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