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Daniel Keane

Pride: Stay at home if you have monkeypox symptoms, says London doctor

A collage of monkeypox rash lesions released by the UKHSA

(Picture: UK Health Security Agency/AFP vi)

People with monkeypox symptoms should not attend Pride events this weekend, London’s top public-health doctor has said.

Professor Kevin Fenton said anyone with swollen glands, a fever and blisters should stay at home during the celebrations to avoid spreading the virus.

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