The authorities said the risk of a rapid spread remained low because the new cases had had household contact with the first infected person.

Two additional cases of a new strain of mpox have been detected in Britain, national health officials said Monday, less than a week after the first case was announced to the public. The two new cases are household contacts of the first case,

A case of the contagious new mpox strain at the centre of an outbreak in Africa has been detected in the UK. The case was identified in London, and the patient has been hospitalised. The patient had recently travelled to African countries experiencing the spread of the virus,