WHO Chief Advises Reducing Sex Partners to Avoid Monkeypox

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), delivers his speech after his reelection, during the 75th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022. Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 98 percent of the monkeypox cases detected since the outbreaks emerged in May have been among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. He called for those at risk to take steps to protect themselves.