The story so far: The United Kingdom health authorities recently confirmed a case of the monkeypox virus in an individual who recently travel to the U.K. from Nigeria. The U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA), while saying that the rare viral infection does not spread easily among people, is taking precautionary measures with the country’s National Health Service (NHS) to trace those who came in close contact with the case prior to the confirmation of their infection.
Monkeypox cases were last recorded in the U.K. in 2018, when three people, including a health worker, had contracted the infection.
