The person flew from Nigeria to the UK where they are now being treated at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London for monkeypox, a disease primarily reported in central and west African countries
The individual is believed to have caught the rare disease while in Nigeria before returning to the UK.
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