Suspected cases have been seen in places including Yorkshire, London, Manchester and Suffolk
Mpox has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organisation - and our map shows where cases of the strain so far seen in England have been suspected or diagnosed, including in Yorkshire.
There are broadly two different strains of mpox, known as “clades”. Clade I, the strain currently sweeping across Africa, is considered the more dangerous. No cases of the clade I strain of mpox have yet been found in the UK. In the past 52 weeks up to the end of June, the UKHSA has received 90 statutory notifications of infectious diseases relating to suspected cases of mpox. These are alerts that GPs are required to send to the UKHSA every time they diagnose a suspected case of one of several infectious diseases, including mpox. They provide an early warning of possible outbreaks in different parts of the country.
You can see where suspected cases have been identified in the past 52 weeks using our interactive map.
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