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| {{Short description|Ongoing viral pandemic}} | |||
| {{infobox pandemic | |||
| | name = {{Nowrap|2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United Kingdom}} | |||
| | disease = ] | |||
| | virus_strain = ] (West African clade) | |||
| | location = ] | |||
| | first_case = ] | |||
| | arrival_date = 6 May 2020{{pb}}({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=05|day1=06|year1=2022|month2=|day2=|year2=}} ago) | |||
| | date = {{as of|2022|June|02}} | |||
| | confirmed_cases = 207<ref name="ukhsa">{{cite web |title=Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/monkeypox-cases-confirmed-in-england-latest-updates |website=] |access-date=2 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| | suspected_cases = 0 | |||
| | deaths = 0 | |||
| | website = | |||
| }} | |||
| The '''2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United Kingdom''' is a part of the ] of ] caused by the West African clade of the ]. The ] was the first country, outside of the endemic African areas, to experience an outbreak. | |||
| == History == | |||
| {{#invoke:Medical cases chart|chart | |||
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| The first known case was detected in the beginning of May 2022, in a British resident who had travelled to Lagos and Delta State in Nigeria,<ref name="WHO1">{{cite web |date=16 May 2022 |title=Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |url=https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON381 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517223855/https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON381 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=]}}</ref> in areas where monkeypox is considered to be an endemic disease. The person developed a rash on 29 April while in Nigeria and flew back to the United Kingdom, arriving on 4 May,<ref name="bbc-scotland">{{cite news |date=14 May 2022 |title=Monkeypox contact tracing extended to Scotland |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61435476 |url-status=live |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517232614/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61435476 |archive-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> and presented to hospital later the same day. Monkeypox infection was immediately suspected, and the patient was hospitalised at Guy's Hospital<ref name="bbc-scotland" /> and isolated, then tested positive for the virus on 6 May. | |||
| In late May, cases started to be reported in the other constituent countries, with ] reporting its first case on 23 May<ref name="uk90">{{cite web |title=Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/monkeypox-cases-confirmed-in-england-latest-updates |website=] |access-date=02 June 2022}}</ref>. ] and the ] of Northern Ireland each reported one case on 26 May<ref name="uk90" />. | |||
| == Government response == | |||
| On 22 May, Education Secretary ] said "we're taking it very, very seriously" and that the UK government had already started purchasing smallpox vaccines.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Confirms Local Transmission of Monkeypox |url=https://ewn.co.za/2022/05/22/uk-confirms-local-transmission-of-monkeypox |website=] |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524192725/https://ewn.co.za/2022/05/22/uk-confirms-local-transmission-of-monkeypox |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| {{2022 monkeypox outbreak}} | |||
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