risky hookups, Dr. Jay Varma, director of the Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, tells NBC News.
This demographic “take their health seriously,” Varma adds. “This is born of experience with the HIV epidemic and intensive activism.”
In addition, health officials had administered over 352,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine to high-risk groups by late August.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a news briefing that as cases fall in European countries, the virus may be eliminated, at least in Europe.
“This is an outbreak that can be stopped,” Tedros notes.
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Protecting yourself
According to the CDC, you can protect yourself from monkeypox by taking the following three steps:
- Do not touch the rash or scabs of a person with monkeypox.
- Do not kiss, hug, cuddle or have sex with someone with monkeypox.
- Do not share eating utensils or cups with a person with monkeypox.
- Do not handle or touch the bedding, towels, or clothing of a person with monkeypox.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, especially before eating or touching your face and after you use the bathroom.