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CWR,4 mins

Monkeypox "doesn't spread particularly well", says Warwick University infectious disease expert

CWR Breakfast with Phil Upton

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Contacts of people with monkeypox are now being told to isolate for three weeks. The latest advice from the UK Health Security Agency also says they should get a smallpox vaccine. 20 cases of monkeypox have so far been identified here - with other outbreaks around the world. Dr. Mike Tildesley from Warwick University is an expert in the spread of infectious diseases, and has been speaking to BBC CWR about the outbreak.

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