Britain’s health security agency said on Monday another case of the mpox variant clade lb had been detected in England in a person who had no reported travel history or link with previously confirmed cases in the country.
The case was diagnosed in March and all contacts have been followed up and no further cases were identified, the agency said.
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It said the risk to the population remained low and it is investigating how the individual, who is from northeast England, caught the infection.