As a global outbreak of monkeypox continues to grow, public health officials are stressing the importance of education in fighting the virus.
"I am concerned by the scale and spread of the virus," World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. Demand for monkeypox vaccine rises with case counts, but supply remains lowMonkeypox is a poxvirus, related to smallpox and cowpox. It generally causes pimple- or blister-like lesions and flu-like symptoms such as fever, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Avoid sex or close physical intimacy if any partner involved has monkeypox. If you do have sex and you or your partner have confirmed or suspected monkeypox, the CDC recommends keeping a physical distance of at least 6 feet between partners, washing toys and avoiding contact with the rash. "If rash is confined to the genitals or anus, condoms may help; however, condoms alone are likely not enough to prevent monkeypox," the CDC says.
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