Another 18 monkeypox have been recorded in Britain, health officials announced today.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 11 cases were spotted in England over the last 24 hours.
No new cases were found in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, meaning the UK’s total is now 190.
Officials said the ‘risk to the general public from monkeypox is still low’ but warned people must take steps to limit transmission if they become symptomatic.
UKHSA bosses are advising anyone who develops a new rash or blister to quarantine and call 111 — and not to leave isolation ‘until you’ve been told what to do’.
Until now, those with suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox were being urged to seek advice from a GP.
But officials said the move to introduce quarantine was to prevent further spread ‘now that community transmission is occurring here in the UK and other countries’.
People with new lesions are being advised to stay at home as long as they remain well enough.
They are also been ordered to abstain from sex or close contact with others ‘until their lesions have healed and the scabs have dried off’.
