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Monkeypox: UK faces 'significant rise' in cases - as more infections found in Europe and US - Sky News

Monkeypox: UK faces 'significant rise' in cases - as more infections found in Europe and US - Sky News

Monkeypox: UK faces 'significant rise' in cases - as more infections found in Europe and US - Sky News
May 21, 2022 1 min, 20 secs

More than 100 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported - including 20 in the UK - as a top doctor tells Sky News she expects "really significant numbers over the next two or three weeks".

The UK is facing a "significant rise" in monkeypox cases over the next week, an expert has warned, as new infections were reported in mainland Europe and the US.

More than 100 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported globally - including 20 in the UK - with the majority of infections in Spain linked to a sauna in Madrid.

In the US, it was confirmed a patient in New York City had contracted monkeypox, after the state of Massachusetts confirmed its first case earlier this week.

Israel also reported its first case on Saturday, a man in his 30s who had returned from a trip to Western Europe.

"What worries me the most is there are infections across Europe, so this has already spread.

Dr Dewsnap said she expected more monkeypox cases to be identified around the UK.

There are about 80 confirmed cases worldwide and 50 more suspected ones, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

In Spain, 24 new cases were reported on Friday, mainly in the Madrid region where the regional government closed a sauna linked to the majority of infections

"The disease that is occurring in Europe and North America is a west African virus-type-strain which is very moderate, it causes skin rash, maybe one or two lesions on the skin, and it can cause a fever and swollen lymph nodes, swollen glands and muscle aches, but it is not fatal in most cases

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