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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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New strain of swine flu detected in person for first time in UK | UK News
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A new strain of swine flu – similar to a flu virus currently circulating in pigs – has been detected in a human in the UK for the first time. The person was diagnosed with the infection – influenza A(H1N2)v – as part of routine national flu surveillance after visiting their GP in North Yorkshire…
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Swine flu: What we know about A(H1N2)v – the new strain found in a person in the UK | UK News
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A person in North Yorkshire has been diagnosed with a strain of flu similar to a virus circulating in pigs. It is the first time the virus has been detected in humans in the UK, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. Here is what you need to know. What is the virus? The virus…
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Swine flu: No evidence new strain has spread but scientists will want to know more | Science & Tech News
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Every time a virus jumps from animals into humans there is a shudder of alarm. So-called zoonotic diseases have resulted in pandemics in the past, most recently of course COVID-19. That’s why the UK Health Security Agency is trying to work out how someone in Yorkshire has been infected with a strain of flu so…
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COVID-19: New strain spreading across UK designated ‘variant of interest’ by WHO | World News
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A new fast-spreading COVID strain has been designated a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organisation. EG.5 is descended from the Omicron variant of coronavirus and is growing in prevalence globally, including in the UK, US and China. It has been detected in 51 countries in total, including South Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore,…