The UK Health Protection Authority has announced, according to the Associated Press, that the spread of the monkeypox outbreak in the country is “showing signs of slowing down”, while it is too early to tell if the decline will continue.

And she pointed out in a statement that authorities were reporting about 29 new cases of monkeypox a day, compared with about 52 cases a day during the last week of July, noting that more than 27,000 people had received the vaccine against smallpox, a disease associated with monkeypox. smallpox

Authorities said: “These thousands of vaccines provided by the National Health Administration to the most vulnerable groups should have an important impact on the transmission of the virus,” noting that “the vast majority of cases were among gay or bisexual men, and vaccine priority was for this category, their closest contacts.” and medical workers.

Last month, the UK downgraded the outbreak of monkeypox after there were no signs of continued transmission of the disease outside the sex networks of men who have sex with men, and 99% of UK infections are in men.