Monkeypox infections in the UK are thought to have rounded off, but campaigners want a vaccination programme scaled up to see off the threat.
, which can be extremely itchy and painful, to develop and spread across the body, as well as other complications.
poor supply levels and a rollout that has seen hours-long queues build up outside sexual health clinicsPeople queue up to receive monkeypox vaccinations during a pop-up clinic at Guy’s Hospital in central London They warned that “we risk monkeypox becoming endemic in the UK” without urgent action, which would “exacerbate the health inequalities already experienced by gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men”.
It said councils have seen spending on local sexual health services reduce by £100m since 2015 as a result of Government cuts to the public health grant, “meaning they are less resilient to increases in patients due to the outbreak of monekypox”. However, some public health experts have expressed concerns that the emergency declarations could further stigmatise the virus.
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