In the last few months alone more than 3,000 people in the UK have caught the monkeypox virus and around 20 cases are being confirmed a day. As of  July the World Health Organisation declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern.

British scientists from the University of Oxford, in fact the same team who led the ‘Recovery trial’ which looked into a cure for acute covid, have become the first in the world to launch a clinical trial for Monkeypox. The trial, known as ‘Platinum’ is aiming to find a drug that can alleviate symptoms and speed up recovery. 

What actually is monkeypox and how does it spread? What is the trial going to do? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !

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