WHO warns monkeypox outbreak ‘could amplify’ during the summer festival season


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The outbreak of monkeypox cases in Europe could be “amplified” during the festival season in the summer, health officials said. Many of the cases in the current outbreak have been linked to “large events or parties,” according to the European office of the World Health Organization (WHO). The regional arm of the global health body said Europe is at the epicentre of the largest and most geographically widespread monkeypox outbreak ever reported outside Western and central Africa. The warning comes as British health officials confirmed the number of cases in Britain has risen to 190. The recent surge in cases...