Monkeypox jab to be offered to at-risk men

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Some gay and bisexual men at higher risk of catching monkeypox should be offered a vaccine, say UK health officials.

This could help to control the recent outbreak of the rare virus in the UK in which more than 500 people have been infected.

Monkeypox is not defined as a sexually-transmitted infection.

But it can be passed on by close contact during sex, and with bedding, towels and skin.

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