About 80 cases have now been confirmed across 12 countries - about 20 in the UK - with the majority of infections in Spain linked to a sauna
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.- with the majority of infections in Spain linked to a sauna in Madrid.
Officials in the Netherlands said on Saturday"several patients" had contracted monkeypox, a day after the country recorded its first case.And in Germany, at least two cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Berlin after the country's first infection was detected in Munich on Friday. It comes after Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, and Canada all reported infections in the past week, mostly in young men who hadn't previously travelled to Africa.Some UK health clinics are now stopping people walking in as they try to slow the spread of infections.
The UK Health Security Agency has said a notable proportion of recent cases in Britain and Europe have been found in gay and bisexual men.There are about 80 confirmed cases worldwide and 50 more suspected ones, the World Health Organisation said.
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