Days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox to be a global health emergency, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly yesterday said the virus is of ‘national significance’. There have been 44 cases reported across Oz – mostly travellers who brought it back from overseas. Authorities are confident it can be controlled through public health measures, and the latest declaration will up the education and deployment of resources. And with the vast majority of monkeypox cases reported by gay/bisexual men who picked it up through close physical contact with an infected person, WHO boss Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also ramped up his advice yesterday. He’s urged at-risk men to make “safe choices”, including cooling their jets on the social scene while the virus is circulating.