Almost 100 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland as WHO reports 'new manifestations'

Healthcare workers with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene help people register for the monkeypox vaccine at one of the city's vaccination sites last month. The World Health Organization recently declared that the expanding monkeypox outbreak is a global emergency. Photo: AP/Mary Altaffer

There have now been 97 cases of monkeypox identified in Ireland, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases worldwide stand at 23,351.

The virus has been linked to eight deaths globally, including some where encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, occurred.