Mpox virus

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, spreads person-to-person in a variety of ways, including through contact with lesions or scabs or through bodily fluids, including blood, saliva or semen, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

PHAC notes that the virus can also spread in the form of respiratory droplets, when people are talking, breathing or sneezing in close proximity to another person.