The report went on: 'Findings show that monkeypox is being transmitted in geographically diffuse sexual networks. However the spread is reported to be through close skin-to-skin contact. Monkeypox has not been identified as sexually transmitted. In more in-depth questionnaires filled out by 152 people from, and used retrospectively, they said, '151 of the 152 men interviewed identified as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), or reported same sex contact, and the remaining individual declined to disclose this information.' Of the confirmed cases 11 were in Scotland, 2 in Northern Ireland, 3 in Wales and 320 were in England.'
'Up to 8 June 2022 there were 336 laboratory confirmed cases in the UK. The outbreak has mainly been affecting people without documented history of travel to endemic countries. The epidemiology update said : 'Cases of monkeypox infection were confirmed in England from. A high proportion of cases, according to the UKHSA, are London residents, and the majority - 99% - are male. Up to June 8, 2022, there were 336 laboratory confirmed cases of monkeypox in the UK.
The condition is being investigated by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) working with the NHS and the public health agencies of the four nations to investigate the outbreak in the past few weeks. Monkeypox could be spreading through unsafe sex, it's been reported.
