When Maxim Sapozhnikov found out he was one of around 5000 people worldwide caught up in the latest surge of Monkeypox he didn’t hide away.

Instead the founder of Milan fashion company F2Max used his social media platforms, which amass close to 200-thousand followers, to educate.

Europe is on high alert for the disease with cases tripling there in the past two weeks alone. We ask Maxim what it's been like to have Monkeypox.

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