Monkeypox: What you need to know
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Monkeypox cases in the UK are now in the hundreds, and 1,600 cases have been reported around the world in recent weeks. What do we know about it and how it spreads? And can it be contained?
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| 1:09.8 | After two years of outbreaks, our numbers and anxiety, you could be forgiven for holding |
| 1:15.6 | your breath when this story took off. The monkey pox outbreak is popping up in regions where |
| 1:20.5 | it's really never been seen before. Spain and Portugal, France, Italy, Germany. |
| 1:25.6 | The spread of monkey pox across the world and also right here in the United States is slowly climbing. |
| 1:30.8 | Sweden, Belgium, Canada and Australia. |
| 1:33.7 | Monkey pox has now made its way to Latin America. |
| 1:39.0 | Cases in the UK are now in the hundreds, so what do we know about it and how it's spread? |
| 1:45.6 | And should we be worried about it? |
| 1:47.7 | There are reports, as you will have noticed, of someone being treated in intensive care. |
| 1:52.2 | What is this thing? What happens if you get it? |
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