Two additional cases of a new strain of mpox have been detected in Britain, national health officials said Monday, less than a week after the first case was announced to the public. The two new cases are household contacts of the first case,

A case of the contagious new mpox strain at the centre of an outbreak in Africa has been detected in the UK. The case was identified in London, and the patient has been hospitalised. The patient had recently travelled to African countries experiencing the spread of the virus,

Britain has detected two more cases of the new mpox variant clade Ib in household contacts of the first case, the country's health security agency (UKHSA) said on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to three.

Two more cases of the new, more dangerous strain of mpox have been detected in London, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.