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Daniel Keane

Monkeypox: Second strain identified in UK as London cases hit 2,257

Monkeypox cells under a microscope (File picture)

(Picture: AP)

A second strain of monkeypox has been identified in the UK, health officials have announced.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said a person who had recently travelled to West Africa had contracted a strain of the virus distinct from that currently circulating in Britain.

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