An informal tally by Global.health puts the number of confirmed or suspected cases at more than 1300.
After the UK, the largest number of cases have been reported in Spain, Portugal, Canada and Germany. Although HIV can be sexually transmitted, the term is most often used to refer to chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, herpes, scabies, trichomonas vaginalis, etc.Īs of 2 June, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 780 laboratory confirmed monkeypox cases in countries where the virus is not endemic.