However, until now the virus was usually only seen in parts of Western and Central Africa, meaning scientists are still learning about it and how it spreads. Many of those infected develop a rash of lesions on their body, which, when touched, are thought to be the main source of transmission. Monkeypox has been spreading throughout the globe in recent weeks.
He began the video by saying: 'Do you want to learn about monkeypox? Because I got it.' 'I was in disbelief when I saw the lesions because I thought was still quite rare-but apparently not, which is why I'm sharing,' he wrote in an Instagram caption to the video. Thatgaydoctor described his symptoms in a video online.
In this combination image, two stock photos of a doctor and a stethoscope and a monkeypox outbreak on a body.