The UK reported on Tuesday two additional cases of a newly emerging variant of mpox, known as clade 1b, raising the country's total count to three.

The Clade 1b strain of Mpox has now been detected in household contacts of the first UK case, confirmed just last week in London - bringing the total number of confirmed UK cases to three. Clade 1 is known to be a more severe strain of the virus ...

The UK Health Security Agency says two more cases of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b had been detected – in household contacts of the first case announced last week in London.

A 33-year-old man in Germany has been detected with the new mpox variant, clade 1b. This is the same variant that prompted the World Health Organization to declare Mpox as a global health emergency in August.

Two more cases of the new, more dangerous strain of mpox have been detected in London, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.

UK Health Security Agency is tracking people who have been in contact with patient infected with clade 1b mpox strain

UKHSA said the infected person had been on holiday and travelled back to the UK on an overnight flight on October 21.

The first UK case of mpox Clade 1b strain has been detected. The UKHSA have reported that the case was found in London. In August, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency after hundreds died following an mpox outbreak in Africa.

A case of a new strain of mpox has been detected in the UK for the first time, it has been announced. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said a single case of the mpox virus variant Clade 1b was detected in London.