Around 30 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 780 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe.
Further cases of monkeypox have been recorded across the UK, bringing the total to 302.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 73 more cases have been confirmed in England, alongside two more in Scotland and two more in Wales.
As of yesterday, there were 302 cases, including 287 in England, 10 in Scotland, two in Northern Ireland and three in Wales.
A large proportion of cases so far in the UK have been identified in the gay, bisexual and men who have sex with other men community.
Monkeypox is not normally a sexually-transmitted infection, but it can be passed on by direct contact during sex.
It can also be spread through touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with the monkeypox rash.
The viral disease was first found in monkeys. It mostly occurs in west and central Africa and only very occasionally spreads elsewhere.
Six cases of monkeypox have so far been confirmed in Ireland.
Other countries where it has been detected include Spain (186 cases), Portugal (143), France (51), Netherlands (40), Italy (20), Canada (77) and Australia (5),
Meanwhile, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said today it had instructed a monkeypox vaccine manufacturer to deliver an additional 36,000 doses this week.
The move is part of a drawdown from a US vaccine stockpile.
In a statement, the HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority said the manufacturer, Bavarian Nordic, "holds over one million additional government-owned doses".
It added that this was the "equivalent of 16.4 million doses that could be filled and finished upon request by the government".
