Fact Check
There are currently 20 cases of monkeypox confirmed in the UK. Infections have spread across the globe with around 90 official cases recorded in around 12 countries so far.
The new outbreak and the rapid increase in infections has led to the spread of a number of conspiracy theories about monkeypox.
Here i debunks some of the most common claims.
The creation and rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has helped to limit the spread of coronavirus and saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
But alongside the rollout came widespread misinformation and baseless claims about apparent side effects.
While there are a number of confirmed side effects associated with Covid-19 vaccines, these are usually mild and monkeypox is not one of them.
Some of the conspiracy theories around links between Covid vaccines and monkeypox currently circulating point to adenovirus vaccines as evidence. Adenovirus Covid vaccines contain a live adenovirus vector that usually causes the common cold in chimpanzees. It has been modified and weakened so that it cannot replicate and is considered safe.
Monkeys are also not the natural source of monkeypox.
In an article published by Imperial College London, virologist Dr Michael Skinner, said: “Monkeypox is actually a disease of small African animals, like rodents.
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