Two more cases of monkeypox have been detected in the UK, health authorities have said. One of the new cases was found in London and the other in southeast England. Nine cases in total have now been confirmed since 6 May, all of them in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) added.
The latest six are expected to have spread within the country as those most recently infected have no travel links to countries where monkeypox is endemic. Health officials are investigating links between the infected people. The most recent two are not known to have any connections with earlier cases.
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