UK health officials have confirmed an eighth case of mpox has been detected in the country after being blamed for being behind a number of miscarriages in Africa

Britain's health security agency (UKHSA) said on Friday another case of the mpox variant clade lb has been detected in England, the eighth case confirmed in the country since October last year. The government agency said the risk to the population remained low.

A new case of the most dangerous mpox variant clade lb has been detected in Britain, marking the eighth instance since October last year, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. The London patient has no links to the seven previous cases identified in the country,

A new case of the mpox variant clade Ib has been reported in England, marking the eighth case in the country since October last year. The UK Health Security Agency considers the risk to be low despite the variant's links to a WHO-declared global health emergency.

For the second time in 2 years, an ongoing mpox outbreak has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1 Following the global surge of clade IIb mpox in 2022, African countries face escalating challenges in managing expanding mixed outbreaks of clade I and II mpox.

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a rare infection most commonly found in parts of central and east Africa. The seventh confirmed UK case was recorded in a person who had recently travelled to Uganda.