A Monkeypox case has been confirmed within Liverpool.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported that an individual was diagnosed with the rare infection after recently travelling to West Africa. Preliminary genomic sequencing conducted by UKHSA indicates that this case does not have the current outbreak strain circulating in the UK.
The individual has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in line with standing advice from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP). Contact tracing of close contacts of the individual is underway and so far, no further linked cases have been identified.
