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Mpox: New case of Clade 1b strain detected in UK | UK News
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Another case of the new strain of mpox has been detected in the UK, health officials have said. It brings the total number of confirmed cases of the Clade 1b variant in the UK to four. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said all of the cases belonged to the same household. Image: A boy…
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Mpox: More cases of new Clade 1b strain detected in UK | UK News
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Two more cases of a new strain of mpox have been detected in the UK, officials say. Last week, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said a single case of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b had been confirmed in London. The agency has now announced a further two cases – in household contacts of…
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Mpox: First case of Clade 1b strain detected in London | UK News
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A case of a new strain of mpox has been detected in the UK for the first time, it has been announced. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said a single case of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b was detected in London. There was no evidence of community transmission from the patient, who is…
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How is new strain of mpox found in UK different to what we’ve had before? | UK News
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A new, more infectious strain of mpox has been detected in the UK for the first time. The single case of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b was detected in a patient who is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The UKHSA has said…
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More mpox jabs ordered as UK anticipates new strain of virus | UK News
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The UK government has procured 150,000 doses of additional mpox vaccine in preparation for anticipated cases of a new potentially deadlier strain causing a growing outbreak in Africa and isolated cases in Europe and Asia detected in recent weeks. The UK has yet to identify a case of the Clade 1b strain of mpox, and…
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Scientists ‘working blindly’ to track and tackle mpox in Africa as disease spreads | World News
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Scientists are “working blindly” in Africa to track and tackle mpox, an infectious disease expert, who also chairs the WHO’s mpox emergency committee, has said. Experts studying the virus said it has spread out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, often in areas where experts lack the funding and equipment to properly track it. That…
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‘Don’t sit’ on mpox vaccines and keep up surveillance, WHO’s Europe chief says | World News
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Surveillance and the sharing of mpox vaccines with Africa will be integral to preventing a global outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization’s Europe director has said. Mpox was declared a global emergency by the WHO last week, with a new strain spreading across Africa at an alarming rate and causing more than 571…