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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

Monkeypox infections rising in London as contacts told to isolate for 21 days

Monkeypox infections in London are rising, the capital’s public health chief warned on Monday as contacts of cases at high risk of having caught the disease were advised to self-isolate for 21 days.

Professor Kevin Fenton, London’s Director of Public Health, also urged people to watch out for “unusual rashes or lesions” and to contact NHS 111 before going to a hospital, GP surgery or other health setting.

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