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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ian Sample Science editor

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Scotland reports first monkeypox case | History Defined

Electron microscope image of monkeypox virus
An electron microscope image of monkeypox. Photograph: AP

Public health officials have confirmed 36 new cases of monkeypox in England, bringing to 57 the total number of known infections in the UK.

Efforts to contain the outbreak are continuing, with patients isolated either in hospital or at home and their closest contacts being told to isolate and avoid contact with vulnerable people such as young children, pregnant women, and those with weakened immune systems, for up to three weeks.

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