June 7 (UPI) -- British health authorities have detected an additional 73 cases of monkeypox for a total of 302 infections amid the ongoing outbreak.
The British health security agency announced the infections in a statement Monday, stating gay and bisexual men account for the majority of the cases.
"Anyone can get monkeypox, particularly if you have had close contact, including sexual contact, with an individual with symptoms," it said, adding that one should go to a sexual health clinic if they have a rash with blisters and have been in close contact with someone who might be infected with the virus or visited West or Central Africa in the past three weeks.
London health officials have said evidence suggests that there may be community spread of the virus.
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