The scientists who developed the coronavirus vaccine have explained what the UK must do to control the monkeypox outbreak.
According to the UK Health Security Agency, the number of cases across the country has risen to 78. Dame Sarah Gilbert and Dr Catherine Green were questioned on the outbreak on today's edition of This Morning.
Dame Sarah explained the smallpox vaccine is already effective against monkeypox and said the UK must now get the "surveillance" right to curb the spread. She said: "If anybody thinks they might have symptoms to phone 111 to talk about it and arrange to go and see somebody."
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"We need to track down anybody who actually is infected so they can be quarantined and the spread will stop."
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says monkeypox typically presents clinically with fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes and may lead to a range of medical complications. The most likely route of monkeypox transmission is close physical contact, touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with the monkeypox rash, or touching monkeypox skin blisters or scabs.
There is a smaller risk of it being spread through coughs and sneezes, and as prolonged face-to-face contact would be needed, this is not one of the main routes of transmission for the monkeypox virus.
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