
A sample of human skin with monkeypox virus under a microscope. File photoMOSCOW, Jun 13More than 100 new cases of monkeypox have been identified in the UK in the past three days, bringing the total to 470, according to the UKHSA. throughout the United Kingdom. As of Thursday, there were 452 confirmed cases of monkeypox in England, 12 in Scotland and four in Wales. It is noted that anyone can become infected through close contact with the sick, including through sexual intercourse with a person who has symptoms of infection are observed. The agency recommends that everyone who has been in contact with infected people in the past three weeks show characteristic signs of the disease: a rash and water blisters. People who have traveled to West or Central Africa during the same period and develop symptoms are also advised to get tested. symptoms, lethality and distributionInfographicView

