In the UK, the first case of a new strain of monkeypox virus has been registered. This was reported by the British Health Service Agency (UKHSA).

It is specified that the sick person sought medical help in London, he recently returned from Africa.

"The patient was transferred to a high severity infectious diseases department, ’ - said in a statement published on 30 October on the website of the government of the country.

Now doctors are monitoring the patient's contacts to prevent the spread of the new strain, which leads to a more severe course of the disease.

Monkeypox is a fairly rare viral disease that is dangerous for immunocompromised people. Its symptoms are fever, intoxication, enlargement of lymph nodes and spreading rash, which transforms into blisters, in their place ulcers are subsequently formed. After healing, scars remain on the skin. With a mild course, monkeypox clears up on its own in two to three weeks.

On 13 September, WHO approved the world's first vaccine against monkeypox.The drug was developed in Denmark, and due to the urgency it underwent a lighter version of clinical trials.

The disease was first discovered only two years ago, during which time the virus infected more than 100,000 people.