WHO adviser: Monkeypox 'random event' spread by gay sex

Other experts confirm media spinning up 'unfounded' fear

The outbreak of monkeypox in a dozen Western nations is a "Random event" that appears to have been the result of transmission among homosexual and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium, according to a World Health Organization adviser.

Dr. David Heymann, the former head of the WHO's emergencies department, told the Associated Press that monkeypox "Can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission."

The WHO has recorded more than 90 cases of monkeypox in about a dozen countries, including the U.S., Canada, Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Australia and Israel.

4%. 96%. In my opinion, based on currently available information, Monkeypox is a virus and disease which is endemic in Africa, emerges sporadically after transmission into humans from animal hosts, and is typically spread by close human contact.

The World Health Organization's top official in Europe, Hans Kluge, said Friday the cases of monkeypox "Currently being detected are among those engaging in sexual activity."

The spread in Western Europe, he said, is "Atypical," as most previous cases were confined to central and West Africa.

Asked to comment on Biden's "Concern" about monkeypox, White House health adviser Dr. Ashish Jha downplayed the outbreak, telling ABC News' Martha Raddatz it's a virus "That we understand."

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