Scottish health officials search for contacts linked to 'monkeypox' case

Public Health Scotland is liaising with the UK Health Security Agency over the monkeypox case. Photo: PA

HEALTH officials in Scotland are involved in contact tracing a “small number of individuals” linked to the monkeypox case identified in England.

A case of monkeypox was announced south of the border on Saturday in a patient with a recent travel history from Nigeria, which is where they are believed to have contracted the infection before travelling to the UK.