Updates on clade Ib mpox case numbers are published on the UKHSA data dashboard

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UKHSA is aware of small numbers of locally-acquired cases of clade Ib mpox in the USA, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal which have no connection to countries with known clade Ib mpox transmission.

This suggests there is now community transmission of clade Ib mpox globally. Most of the new cases identified in Europe and the USA have been in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, a population in which clade Ib mpox transmission has not previously been observed.

Mpox is usually a mild infection, and clade Ia and Ib mpox are no longer classified as a high-consequence infectious disease ( HCID ). However, it can be severe in some cases.

The UK has a routine mpox vaccina

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