WHO: 2 UK mpox cases first local transmissions in Europe
Voice of America
FILE - A nurse practitioner prepares a syringe with the mpox vaccine before inoculating a patient at a vaccination site in New York City, Aug. 30, 2022 The U.K. has three confirmed cases of mpox variant clade 1b, as of Nov. 5, 2024.
Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the U.K. are the first locally transmitted cases in Europe and the first outside Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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