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The milder strain causing the current outbreak kills one in 100 - similar to when Covid first hit. However it can kill up to 10 per cent of people it infects. Monkeypox is usually mild, with most patients recovering within a few weeks without treatment. Only a handful of cases have been reported outside of Africa until now and they were confined to people with travel links to the continent. The first human case was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the infection has been reported in a number of central and western African countries since then. Monkeypox was first discovered when an outbreak of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research in 1958. However, it can also be transmitted through very close contact with an infected person. It is usually spread through direct contact with animals such as squirrels, which are known to harbour the virus.
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Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which people usually pick up in the tropical areas of west and central Africa. Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious disease expert at the University of East Anglia, said he 'could see a role' for a targeted jab rollout 'if this isn't brought under control quickly'. The two rash-causing viruses are very similar. Ministers were already sitting on 5,000 doses but have now ordered an extra 20,000.Ĭlose contacts of the UK's known cases are already being offered the jab, which was originally designed for smallpox. MailOnline yesterday revealed that health chiefs were stockpiling jabs amid growing fears about the tropical virus's spread. No details about the new eleven patients have been released yet.īut six of the previous nine confirmed cases were in men who have sex with men - which officials say is 'highly suggestive of spread in sexual networks'. 'Most cases are mild, and I can confirm we have procured further doses of vaccines that are effective against monkeypox.' This morning I updated G7 health ministers on what we know so far.
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The Health Secretary said: 'UKHSA have confirmed 11 new cases of monkeypox in the UK. Sajid Javid today revealed another 11 Britons had tested positive for the virus, taking the total to 20. Leading experts told MailOnline the strategy could be deployed if cases continue to disproportionally be in homosexual and bisexual males. Gay men could be offered monkeypox vaccines as part of a focused rollout to tackle the UK's outbreak, which today doubled in size.