Two elephants at the zoo recently died after testing positive for the virus

There has also been an uptick in admissions for flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Professor Breda Smith said flu cases are up 80 per cent in the past week

Scientists have, however, advised the risk to consumers remains very low.

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall said there was no information about supplies of the vaccine to combat MonkeyPox or about any plans to cope with the virus.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) said all cases are in men, with ages ranging between 27 and 58 years old

Pygmy hogs, the world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs, are under a virus lockdown – but not because of Covid-19. They are instead affected by the first outbreak of African swine fever in India, for which there is neither a vaccine nor a cure.