The ongoing outbreak of monkeypox has prompted the World Health Organisation to arrange an emergency meeting, according to reports. It is understood the meeting has been convened as UK cases doubled with 11 more cases reported today.
There have been nine cases so far in the UK, but health secretary Sajid Javid confirmed the number of cases has risen to 20 today as the virus spreads across the country. It is also confirmed that the Government has ordered more stocks of the smallpox vaccine for those who may have been exposed to the virus.
It is understood the WHO meeting will look at how the virus is being spread, vaccine stocks, and why there is a high prevalence of cases in gay and bisexual men, The Telegraph reports.
