UK health officials have confirmed an eighth case of mpox has been detected in the country after being blamed for being behind a number of miscarriages in Africa
An eighth case of the new deadly mpox strain has been detected in the UK, health officials have said.
The clade 1b mutation has been dubbed “the most dangerous one so far” by experts. The diagnosis is the latest in the UK, although no deaths have been reported.
The patient, from London, did not have any links to the seven others who have been diagnosed with the strain. Health officials are now working to determine how they became infected with the virus.
The unidentified patient “recently” returned to the UK from Uganda, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. The Mirror has contacted the USHSA for comment.
“The risk to the UK population remains low,” said UKHSA chief medical advisor Professor Susan Hopkins, as reported by MailOnline.
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