A new strain of monkeypox has been identified in the United Kingdom. And experts believe it has been linked with travel to West Africa.
One person has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Merseyside with the strain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. Contact tracing is now being conducted to establish if there are any further linked cases.
As of Friday, no further cases had been identified. Dr Sophia Maki, incident director at the UKHSA, said the risk to the wider public is “very low”. She said: “We are working to contact the individuals who have had close contact with the case prior to confirmation of their infection, to assess them as necessary and provide advice.
