A senator has written to health minister Stephen Donnelly calling for a special monkeypox taskforce to be convened as cases reported continue to rise.
The number of cases in Ireland are set to pass the 100 case landmark in the coming days if they haven’t already - they hit 97 on July 31 - and Fine Gael’s Jerry Buttimer has expressed his concerns and called for early action to stop further spread of the disease.
Mr Buttimer said: “In the coming days, monkeypox cases in Ireland will likely have risen past 100.
