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Rebecca Speare-Cole, PA & David Flett & Sophie Finnegan

New monkeypox advice issued by UK Health Security Agency ahead of cases update

New advice has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency around monkeypox ahead of an update on the current number of cases.

The agency has so far confirmed 20 cases in the UK but updated figures for the weekend will be given on Monday.

The latest guidance says that contacts of monkeypox cases at high risk of having caught the infection should now self-isolate for 21 days. This applies to people who have had "unprotected direct contact or high-risk environmental contact", Wales Online reports.

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