Monkeypox outbreak ‘was likely sparked by sex at two raves in Spain and Belgium’
The Metro says the growing global outbreak of monkeypox cases is sexual transmission can probably be traced to sexual activity at two raves in Europe, a top expert has said.
Dr David Heymann, a senior adviser to the World Health Organisation, said the outbreak is best described as ‘random event’.
Health officials have not ruled out other explanations but the leading theory to explain the outbreak is sexual transmission at two erotic parties in Spain and Beglium, he added.
Dr Heymann said: ‘We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission.’
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