Another 77 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed across the UK, with 73 in England, two in Scotland and two in Wales.
The UK Health Security Agency has said the total number of cases confirmed in the UK now stands at 302.
There are currently 287 confirmed cases in England, 10 in Scotland, two in Northern Ireland and three in Wales.
The UKHSA said: "Anyone can get monkeypox, particularly if you have had close contact, including sexual contact, with an individual with symptoms.
"People who are gay or bisexual and men who have sex with men remain disproportionately affected.
"Contact a sexual health clinic if you have a rash with blisters and you’ve been either: in close contact, including sexual contact, with someone who has or might have monkeypox (even if they’ve not been tested yet) in the past 3 weeks to West or Central Africa in the past 3 weeks."
Last week the UKHSA released new guidance that advised any Brits with the virus to stop having sex immediately.
They should wait until their lesions have healed and scabs have dried off, before partaking once more.
The guidance comes because the highest risk of transmission of the virus is through direct physical contact, meaning sex could pose as a hotbed for spreading it.
Last month Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned of rising cases but maintained that the vast majority were mild.
He added that the UK was stocking up on further doses of vaccines that are effective against the virus.
So far, there have been no reported fatalities from the virus.
Speaking prior to the World Health Assembly in Geneva last Friday, pandemic preparedness and prevention chief Sylvie Briand said: "We don’t know if we are just seeing the peak of the iceberg [or] if there are many more cases that are undetected in communities.
“We are still at the very, very beginning of this event.
"We know that we will have more cases in the coming days,” she said.
