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Rachel Hagan

Brit causes monkeypox outbreak in Australia after it reports first case of virus

Australia has reported its first monkeypox case from someone who recently travelled from the UK.

A second case of the virus has been confirmed in a man in New South Wales who also recently travelled back to the country from Europe.

Both men, in their 30s and 40s, are presenting mild symptoms so but ones which are clinically compatible with monkeypox, health officials said.

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