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Elly Blake

WHO to look into reports monkeypox could be sexually transmitted disease

Monkeypox

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is exploring the possibility if monkeypox could be a sexually transmitted disease, a health official said on Wednesday.

The global health body said it was looking into reports that the monkeypox virus is present in the semen of patients.

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