First case of new killer mpox strain detected in UK – as officials isolate patient and race to trace contacts …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
THE UK has reported it’s first case of a new potentially more contagious strain of mpox.
It comes as the World Health Organisation declared a global emergency over the clade 1b variant, which is currently spreading rapidly in parts of Africa.
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The unnamed patient, who tested positive for the virus yesterday (October 29), caught the bug in an African country affected by the outbreak.
They are now being treated at the Royal Free Hospital’s infectious disease unit.
Health officials are now…
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