There's now 80 infections in the UK.
Health officials have confirmed the first case of monkeypox in Northern Ireland.
There are now 80 infections in the UK.
They are mostly in England with one in Scotland and one in Wales.
Public health teams will be able to contain the spread of monkeypox in Ireland.
That's the belief of one Irish GP, following the first case of the virus in the North.
It can spread through close person-to-person contact, or contact with items used by an infected person - such as clothes.
Dr Denis McCauley, a GP in Donegal, says it's mostly a mild illness:

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