This is combined with case information recorded by local Health Protection Teams in the UKHSA national case management system.Ĭounts of confirmed cases in Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland are submitted to UKHSA by Public Health Wales, Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, and Public Health Scotland respectively. Monkeypox surveillance data in England is currently compiled daily, based on monkeypox virus test results from the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory ( RIPL) in UKHSA. Table 2: Number of laboratory confirmed monkeypox cases by region of residence, England, 6 May to 30 June 2022 Region of residence The median age of confirmed cases in the UK was 37 years (interquartile range 31-43). For confirmed cases in the UK, where gender information was available, 1180 (100%) confirmed cases were male, with 5 confirmed female cases. Table 1: Number of laboratory confirmed cases by UK nation of residence, 6 May to 30 June 2022 UK nationĪ high proportion of England cases were known to be London residents (77%, 692 of 898 with reported home address). Of these, 34 were in Scotland, 6 were in Northern Ireland, 10 were in Wales and 1,185 were in England. ![]() ![]() Up to 30 June 2022 there were 1,235 laboratory confirmed cases in the UK. The outbreak has mainly been in gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men without documented history of travel to endemic countries.įurther details on the epidemiology are available in the monkeypox technical briefing. Current epidemiological situation as of 30 June 2022Ĭases of monkeypox infection were confirmed in England from. There was no documented community transmission in previous outbreaks. Of these, 4 were imported, 2 were cases in household contacts, and 1 was a case in a health care worker involved in the care of an imported case. Previous cases in the UK had been either imported from countries where monkeypox is endemic or contacts with documented epidemiological links to imported cases.īetween 20, there had been 7 cases of monkeypox in the UK. ![]() Monkeypox is a zoonotic infection, caused by the monkeypox virus, that occurs mostly in West and Central Africa.
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