Health officials have stressed the disease can be transmitted to anyone who has close contact, such as skin to skin, with an infected person. The usually mild illness that can cause flu-like symptoms and skin lesions has disproportionately affected men who have sex with men.
An unusual spread of monkeypox does not mean people should shun LGBTQ pride parades this summer, a World Health Organization expert said on Monday, adding that it was important to show support.
