Five cases of the rare disease are confirmed in Portugal and seven in Spain, health authorities say.
was reported on 7 May. The patient had recently travelled to Nigeria, where they are believed to have caught the virus before travelling to England, the UK Health Security Agency said.
There are now nine confirmed cases in the UK. The source of these infections has not yet been confirmed but cases seem to have been "locally acquired",Confirmed cases have also been reported in Portugal and Spain after European health agencies were alerted to the reports in the UK.confirmed that a man has been infected with Monkeypox.
He had recently travelled to Canada, where local media report that 13 suspected cases of the virus are being investigated. According to health officials, the man has been hospitalised, is in "good condition" and "poses no risk to the public".
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