Monkeypox: What you need to know

Monkeypox cases in the UK are now in the hundreds, and 1,600 cases have been reported around the world in recent weeks. What do we know about it and how it spreads? And can it be contained? 

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Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.

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