Health officials have revealed two new cases of monkeypox have been diagnosed in the UK. This brings the total in the outbreak to nine so far.
The UK Health Security Agency said that one case was reported in London while another was found in south-east England. The outbreak has so far seen nine infections detected and health officials said that it was possible the latest examples had caught it in the UK as they had not travelled overseas to countries where monkeypox is endemic.
The disease which includes nasty skin scab symptoms was first discovered in the UK on May 6 and the UKHSA said recent cases self-identify as gay or bisexual. The two new cases have no links to the previous six, the agency said.
