The World Health Organisation has stepped up its response to the Monkeypox outbreak by declaring a global health emergency.
It says the global risk is "moderate" - but the threat in Europe is high.
However experts here say it won't have an economic impact - or require the re-introduction of social restrictions.
Professor Sam McConkey from the RCSI says the declaration is to allow governments get ahead of the situation:
"The fact that who have declared this public health emergency of international turn, helps Governments respond and to develop funding strategies and plans for implementing a way to prevent its spread and to stop its spread. They also give huge numbers of technical recommendations about how to stop at spread, and how to do that in a way that doesn't cause stigma and discrimination against any groups."
