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Health officials said yesterday the virus can be stopped but could become endemic to Europe unless the outbreak is thwarted soon. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) bosses have now logged 57 cases in little over a fortnight.Īuthorities described the outbreak - which has disproportionately struck gay and bisexual men - as ‘significant and concerning’ but insisted the risk to the UK population remains low. Yesterday, Britain’s monkeypox outbreak nearly tripled in size as health officials confirmed another 37 patients have caught the tropical virus. Spain has been one of the worst affected countries so far. ‘People need to be alert to it, and we really want clinicians to be alert to it.’ No monkeypox vaccine exists, but the smallpox vaccine, which was routinely offered to Britons until the virus was eradicated more than four decades ago, is 85 per cent effective at stopping a monkeypox infection News of the suspected Fuerteventura case follows warnings by chief medical advisor Dr Susan Hopkins for people to be ‘alert to the virus’ on holiday.ĭr Hopkins, of the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA), told the BBC: ‘The risk to the general population remains extremely low.ĮU health chiefs published a risk assessment today which will advise member states to prepare a programme for rolling out jabs to control the spread. The outbreaks have been traced to a gay sauna in Madrid and a Gran Canaria pride festival attended by 80,000 people from Britain and other European countries. Spain has so far confirmed around 40 cases of monkeypox and said another 67 people are being tested. It is not yet known when they will confirm whether he has the disease.Īuthorities have not said if he is holidaying alone on the island or is relaxing with relatives who are also being tested.
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Health chiefs in the region confirmed the holidaymaker was one of five suspected new cases currently being analysed (file image of Fuerteventura)Ī spokesman for the Canary Islands’ Health Service confirmed in a short statement: ‘A suspected case of monkeypox in Fuerteventura corresponds to a British tourist.’ The man, whose age has not been released, is thought to be the first British tourist in Spain affected since the country announced its first cases last week. Health chiefs in the region confirmed the holidaymaker was one of five suspected new cases currently being analysed. The news comes after it emerged British tourist on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura is being tested for monkeypox. The same report told European countries to draw up an inoculation strategy to control the spread of the tropical virus. Mammalian pets, such as cats and dogs, can be isolated at home if there is a suitable outdoor space and a vet can check on them, the ECDC said. These pets should only be killed ‘as a last resort’ if there is no testing or isolation capacity, the report states. The agency said exposed rodent pets - such as hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs - should be isolated in monitored facilities and tested again before their quarantine ends. A British tourist on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura is being tested for monkeypox, the first suspected UK case in Spain