A person who recently traveled to West Africa was diagnosed with a different variant of monkeypox circulating during the current outbreak, the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) has announced. The person, who has not been named, has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Diseases Unit (HCID) at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Contact tracing is now being conducted to see if there are any further linked cases. No cases had yet been identified as of Thursday, September 1, the UKHSA said. UKHSA incident manager Dr Sophia Mackie said: “We are working to contact people who had close contact with the case before the infection was confirmed, to assess them as essential and provide advice.” The risk to the public is “very low” because of “well-established and robust” infection control procedures, which will be strictly adhered to, he added. Anyone traveling to West and Central Africa is advised to be alert for the symptoms of monkeypox, which include high temperature, headache, muscle and back pain, swollen glands, chills and exhaustion. Isolated genital lesions and sores in the mouth or anus have also been recognized as symptoms of the virus by an international collaboration of clinicians in 16 countries. Some of the symptoms were so severe that they required the patients to be hospitalized. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:49 The stock of monkeypox vaccine is running low Gay and bisexual men are disproportionately affected by the spread of the disease, with sexual proximity the most likely route of transmission. However, it can be transmitted through any close contact, scientific research has revealed. Chloe Orkin, professor of HIV medicine at Queen Mary University of London, where the data was collected, said in July: “Viruses know no borders and monkeypox infections have now been described in 70 countries and in more than 13,000 people”. Anyone returning to the UK with symptoms of monkeypox is asked to call 101. The discovery of a new strain comes just days after it was revealed that the UK is facing a shortage of 100,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine because the UKHSA grossly underestimated how many were needed. An NHS pilot scheme is now underway offering ‘fractional’ doses to stretch jab stocks in a bid to protect five times as many people.

title: “Monkeypox New Strain Identified In Uk After Patient Traveled To West Africa Uk News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-16” author: “Bryan Baines”

A person who recently traveled to West Africa was diagnosed with a different variant of monkeypox circulating during the current outbreak, the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) has announced. The person, who has not been named, has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Diseases Unit (HCID) at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Contact tracing is now being conducted to see if there are any further linked cases. No cases had yet been identified as of Thursday, September 1, the UKHSA said. UKHSA incident manager Dr Sophia Mackie said: “We are working to contact people who had close contact with the case before the infection was confirmed, to assess them as essential and provide advice.” The risk to the public is “very low” because of “well-established and robust” infection control procedures, which will be strictly adhered to, he added. Anyone traveling to West and Central Africa is advised to be alert for the symptoms of monkeypox, which include high temperature, headache, muscle and back pain, swollen glands, chills and exhaustion. Isolated genital lesions and sores in the mouth or anus have also been recognized as symptoms of the virus by an international collaboration of clinicians in 16 countries. Some of the symptoms were so severe that they required the patients to be hospitalized. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:49 The stock of monkeypox vaccine is running low Gay and bisexual men are disproportionately affected by the spread of the disease, with sexual proximity the most likely route of transmission. However, it can be transmitted through any close contact, scientific research has revealed. Chloe Orkin, professor of HIV medicine at Queen Mary University of London, where the data was collected, said in July: “Viruses know no borders and monkeypox infections have now been described in 70 countries and in more than 13,000 people”. Anyone returning to the UK with symptoms of monkeypox is asked to call 101. The discovery of a new strain comes just days after it was revealed that the UK is facing a shortage of 100,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine because the UKHSA grossly underestimated how many were needed. An NHS pilot scheme is now underway offering ‘fractional’ doses to stretch jab stocks in a bid to protect five times as many people.

title: “Monkeypox New Strain Identified In Uk After Patient Traveled To West Africa Uk News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-21” author: “George Vineyard”

A person who recently traveled to West Africa was diagnosed with a different variant of monkeypox circulating during the current outbreak, the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) has announced. The person, who has not been named, has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Diseases Unit (HCID) at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Contact tracing is now being conducted to see if there are any further linked cases. No cases had yet been identified as of Thursday, September 1, the UKHSA said. UKHSA incident manager Dr Sophia Mackie said: “We are working to contact people who had close contact with the case before the infection was confirmed, to assess them as essential and provide advice.” The risk to the public is “very low” because of “well-established and robust” infection control procedures, which will be strictly adhered to, he added. Anyone traveling to West and Central Africa is advised to be alert for the symptoms of monkeypox, which include high temperature, headache, muscle and back pain, swollen glands, chills and exhaustion. Isolated genital lesions and sores in the mouth or anus have also been recognized as symptoms of the virus by an international collaboration of clinicians in 16 countries. Some of the symptoms were so severe that they required the patients to be hospitalized. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:49 The stock of monkeypox vaccine is running low Gay and bisexual men are disproportionately affected by the spread of the disease, with sexual proximity the most likely route of transmission. However, it can be transmitted through any close contact, scientific research has revealed. Chloe Orkin, professor of HIV medicine at Queen Mary University of London, where the data was collected, said in July: “Viruses know no borders and monkeypox infections have now been described in 70 countries and in more than 13,000 people”. Anyone returning to the UK with symptoms of monkeypox is asked to call 101. The discovery of a new strain comes just days after it was revealed that the UK is facing a shortage of 100,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine because the UKHSA grossly underestimated how many were needed. An NHS pilot scheme is now underway offering ‘fractional’ doses to stretch jab stocks in a bid to protect five times as many people.

title: “Monkeypox New Strain Identified In Uk After Patient Traveled To West Africa Uk News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-24” author: “Treva Cervantes”

A person who recently traveled to West Africa was diagnosed with a different variant of monkeypox circulating during the current outbreak, the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) has announced. The person, who has not been named, has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Diseases Unit (HCID) at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Contact tracing is now being conducted to see if there are any further linked cases. No cases had yet been identified as of Thursday, September 1, the UKHSA said. UKHSA incident manager Dr Sophia Mackie said: “We are working to contact people who had close contact with the case before the infection was confirmed, to assess them as essential and provide advice.” The risk to the public is “very low” because of “well-established and robust” infection control procedures, which will be strictly adhered to, he added. Anyone traveling to West and Central Africa is advised to be alert for the symptoms of monkeypox, which include high temperature, headache, muscle and back pain, swollen glands, chills and exhaustion. Isolated genital lesions and sores in the mouth or anus have also been recognized as symptoms of the virus by an international collaboration of clinicians in 16 countries. Some of the symptoms were so severe that they required the patients to be hospitalized. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:49 The stock of monkeypox vaccine is running low Gay and bisexual men are disproportionately affected by the spread of the disease, with sexual proximity the most likely route of transmission. However, it can be transmitted through any close contact, scientific research has revealed. Chloe Orkin, professor of HIV medicine at Queen Mary University of London, where the data was collected, said in July: “Viruses know no borders and monkeypox infections have now been described in 70 countries and in more than 13,000 people”. Anyone returning to the UK with symptoms of monkeypox is asked to call 101. The discovery of a new strain comes just days after it was revealed that the UK is facing a shortage of 100,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine because the UKHSA grossly underestimated how many were needed. An NHS pilot scheme is now underway offering ‘fractional’ doses to stretch jab stocks in a bid to protect five times as many people.