and therefore anybody who has close contact with somebody else with monkeypox is potentially at risk of coming across it and acquiring the infection. the smallpox vaccine gives a high level of protection against monkeypox. they re from the same family of viruses. the uk has bought more doses, and some staff at sexual health clinics have already had the jab. in london, around ten staff from the chelsea and westminster hospital sexual health service are self isolating at home purely as a precaution. clinics have now brought in stringent ppe requirements when dealing with the virus. fergus walsh, bbc news. let s turn to tonga now, where the massive undersea volcano, hunga tonga hunga ha apai, which devastated sea life when it erupted injanuary, is surprisingly still intact. the volcano erupted just north of tonga s main island but the shockwaves swept across the globe with tsunami alerts as far away as california
In the fray of the Australian federal elections, the climate seems to have taken a front seat with the winning “teal” independents and most of Labor members… One has to acknowledge that coal is still the main driver of world energy supply as well as the worst culprit for inducing global warming.