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Health officials have issued an mpox warning after a surge of cases in Europe that have "no connection" to countries with known transmission.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has urged those eligible to get vaccinated against the virus amid the global outbreak .

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral infection caused by a virus that belongs to the same family as smallpox. The infection is most commonly found in parts of central and east Africa, but a global outbreak in 2022 caused cases to spike across the globe.

The spread of the 'clade Ib' variant - a more severe form of the mpox virus - outside of endemic areas, such as in Europe and North America, led to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it a global health emergency in August last yea

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