Is monkeypox considered an STD? No, it also gets transmitted when you have skin to skin contact with and infected person. It also gets spread when you have contact with fluids, including saliva and semen with and infected person.
So, using protecti on during sex does not prevent you from acquiring the virus.
But according to cases that have been recorded recently, it is found that the virus majorly transmits through sexual intercourse through men having sex with fellow men.
Though in some nations, women and children has been tested positive for the virus. This means that scientists are yet to determine the actual forms of transmission.
But for now, you are advised to take caution and stay safe as the vaccine is yet to be produced. Recently, the world Health Organization urged men having sex with men to reduce the number of new partners.
This was regarding to the current numbers on who are mostly affected by the virus.
The agency wanted to categorize the virus as an STD but then realized it can also spread in other ways, and considering the current numbers that it majorly gets transmitted through men having sex with men, but it will be like stigmatizing them.
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