PixelsEffect via Getty Images Young Ill Man Wrapped in a Warm Blanket Drinking Hot Tea at HomePeople with monkeypox symptoms have been advised not to have sex by the health authorities. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued this new advice after 71 new cases of the virus were confirmed in England on Monday. As sex encompasses close physical contact avoiding sex would reduce the risk of passing the virus on, according to the health experts. The World Health Organisation’s leading monkeypox expert, Dr Rosamund Lewis, said she did not anticipate another pandemic. Healthcare workers who are pregnant and people with severely weakened immune systems should not care for suspects or confirmed monkeypox cases.

Source: Huffington Post May 31, 2022 13:47 UTC