Professor Fiona Lyons:

There is a lot of information available to people in a variety of languages on the hpsc.iewebsite. A link to information on monkeypox is one of the scrolling items on the homepage and if users click into it, they will find a variety of information sources about the infection, a list of symptoms people may experience, what vaccination involves and what may happen to individuals who are vaccinated. If people are unwell and require emergency care, they need to call the emergency services. If they think they may be at risk of infection, they should contact either their GP, who will refer them for testing, or, if they are already engaged with sexual health services, they should contact those services. As has been seen thus far, many of the individuals who have been diagnosed with monkeypox infection already have an established relationship with one of the sexual health services.