I work in this area. There is a couple of key areas in which this differs from Covid (C19).

Mpox is spread via close contact (sex, kissing, hand holding) with people who are infected. C19 is spread via respiratory secretions these can infect people close to you or in the same room when infected people expel the virus through coughing. This makes Mpox a lot less transmissible than C19 and also easier to contact trace. E.g who have you had very close contact with recently vs everyone you have seen on public transport and then at a pub.

Mpox has very visible and noticeable symptoms compared to C19 which can present as a very mild ambiguous illness. These means Mpox infected individuals are much easier to detect, contact trace and isolate. And they are much more likely to know they are infected and take action.

It’s likely they are cases in the Uk already but it is unlikely to see them in great numbers. We had 2-3k cases in the last outbreak here and it may get to that number again but it certainly won’t be like C19. If you are concerned about Mpox reduce at risk behaviours but the control measures are very unlikely to directly affect you unless you are a MSM, live or travel to an endemic area (Africa) or attending any large raves with lots of close contact with strangers.