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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samuel Lovett

UK monkeypox outbreak ‘won’t be easy to stamp out’ and could last for months, leading scientist warns

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The UK’s monkeypox outbreak won’t be easy to “stamp out” and will likely last for a number of months, a leading epidemiologist and scientific adviser to the government believes.

Professor John Edmunds, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said a “lot of work” was required to bring the spread of infections under control, with 190 cases recorded to date throughout Britain.

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