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Monkeypox has been discovered in the UK for the first time ever. The rare viral infection was recorded on Friday in a Nigerian national staying at a naval base in Cornwall |
●Monkeypox was recorded in
Nigerian national staying at naval base in Cornwall ●Transferred to expert
infectious disease unit at Royal Free Hospital, London ●Public Health England
have said that monkeypox does not spread easily
Monkeypox has been
discovered in the UK for the first time ever, Public Health England have
said.
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The
patient was transferred to the expert infectious disease unit at the Royal Free
Hospital in London, pictured, on Saturday morning
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