Another case of potentially deadly mpox strain detected in UK
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA fifth case of a potentially deadly mpox strain has been detected in the UK. The Clade lb strain of the virus has been detected in a patient in Leeds after they recently returned back to England from Uganda which is seeing community transmission of mpox, the UK Health Security Agency said.
The individual is now under specialist care at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The UKHSA has said that the risk to the UK population currently remains low. READ MORE: Eight months on from a truly tragic discovery, a vital clue could finally solve the Chorlton Water Park mystery The latest case is the fifth of Clade Ib mpox confirmed in England in recent weeks - and there is no link to the previous cases identified.
All previous patients who had been identified in England with the strain have made a full recovery. Professor Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser at UKHSA, said: "It is thanks to clinicians rapidly recognising the symptoms and our diagnostics tests that we have been able to detect this new case. "The risk to the UK population remains low following this fifth case, and we are working rapidly to trace close contacts and reduce the risk of any potential spread.
In accordance with established protocols, investigations are underway to learn how the individual acquired the infection and to assess whether there are any further associated cases." Clade Ib mpox has been widely circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya in recent months.
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