More cases of the disease - which has a 10 per cent morality rate - are being confirmed every day

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A top US doctor has issued a monkeypox warning after urging the public to "get some N95 masks while you can" to protect themselves.

Jaferdian MD, a physician from Missouri, has raised the alarm at the terrifying risks an outbreak of monkeypox poses. He has urged people to protect themselves as best as possible and warned about the horror outcome that could come as a result of the same kind of opposition seen to measures to protect against COVID-19. His tweet reads: “So you think masks will help?

"Yes, I do. Get some N95s while you can. If monkeypox spreads, I think I’m leaving medicine," reports The Express.

“I’m not exposing myself to a disease with 10 percent mortality because this country of selfish [people] refuses to mask or get vaccines when they’re available.

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“Make whatever health choices you want. My choice will be to leave.”

It comes after nine Brits were diagnosed with the contagious virus.

Now, health officials have said Britain stocking up on thousands of monkeypox vaccines and treatments to curb the spread – with some experts warning cases could double.

Monkeypox can be caught from infected wild animals in parts of west and central Africa. It's thought to be spread by rodents, such as rats, mice and squirrels.

You can catch monkeypox from an infected animal if you're bitten or you touch its blood, body fluids, spots, blisters or scabs.

It's very uncommon to get monkeypox from a person with the infection because it does not spread easily between people.

But it can be spread through touching directly, or indirectly, someone who is infected as well as the coughs or sneezes of a person with the monkeypox rash.