A health professional has cautioned that an individual infected with the more lethal mpox variant is likely to be present in the United Kingdom.
A Clade 1b strain of mpox, which was previously referred to as monkeypox, is believed to be more lethal than previous variants of the diseadse.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global emergency in response to the virus outbreak, which has resulted in thousands of confirmed cases and hundreds of fatalities.
Although the new variant of mpox is primarily affecting a number of African countries, health ministries in Pakistan and Sweden have confirmed cases in their respective countries.
Health officials in the United Kingdom have stated that the risk to the public is negligible and that there are presently no confirmed cases of the mpox variant.
