Britain recorded 20 cases on Friday for the newly monkeypox virus, according to announcement of UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Sunday. As it predicted that the new figures would declare on Monday.
Also, it emphasised that the infections are not related to any travel to West Africa, where the disease widespread, a health official, said.
Asked about transmission possibility was now the norm in Britain, UKHSA chief medical adviser Susan Hopkins said “absolutely.”
“We are finding cases that have no identified contact with an individual from West Africa, which is what we’ve seen previously in this country,” Hopkins released to BBC television, adding that they still uncovering more cases every day.
Hopkins declined the rumors about the existence of any cases in intensive care, and she highlighted the epidemic spread in urban areas. “The risk of the general population remains extremely low at the moment, and I think people need to be alert to it,” she said. On the other hand, she reassured that for most adults the symptoms would be “relatively mild.”
There is no a specified medicine for monkeypox till now, but the vaccination against smallpox has noticed its effectiveness with 85 percent in the protection contra the virus.
The UK government taking it very seriously as it started to buying up stocks of smallpox vaccine, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi told BBC.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis with symptoms very similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe.
Signs/symptoms of concern include headache, fever, chills, sore throat, malaise, fatigue, rash, and lymphadenopathy.
