WHO Discloses How the Recent Monkeypox Outbreak Is Spreading

WHO Discloses How the Recent Monkeypox Outbreak Is Spreading
A nurse treats a patient in a hospital in Maryland, on May 1, 2020 in a file photo. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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The recent outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday, while confirming about 200 cases so far.

The virus itself is not a sexually transmitted infection, but WHO officials said the recent surge in cases is linked to homosexual men. However, they said that anyone can contract monkeypox, which is generally confined to Central and West Africa.

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