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‘It is important to recognise that just one or two genital or anal lesions, or lesions in the mouth, can be signs of monkeypox, especially if you have had a new sexual partner,’ says UK Health Security Agency

The majority of people with monkeypox can safely manage their symptoms at home and no deaths have been reported in the UK yet - but the disease can require hospitalisation for severe pain

Monkeypox has now been declared a 'global health emergency' by the World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation has made the declaration

The most likely route of monkeypox transmission is close physical contact.

A London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine professor reassured people the situation is not something they should ‘unduly worry’ about.

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

The declaration was made by the WHO director-general despite a lack of consensus among members of the organisation’s emergency committee

One in 15 Scots currently have Covid, according to the latest Office of National Statistics figures.