RE: Pray for No MPOX in the UK15 Aug 2024 15:55
it’s already been in the u.k. a while…. 160 cases in 23/24 of which half were aquired in the u.k..
novacyt launched there assay end of june.
taken from gov website-
current epidemiological situation up to 29 february 2024
detection of cases of mpox infection, acquired within the uk, were confirmed in england from 6 may 2022. the outbreak has mainly been in ***, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men without documented history of travel to endemic countries.
suspected mpox samples that are positive using a mpox polymerase chain reaction (pcr) test are classified as confirmed cases. samples which are positive using an orthopox pcr test are classified as highly probable cases. orthopox is the group of viruses which includes mpox. the counts below combine both of these categories.
up to 31 december 2022 there were 3,732 confirmed and highly probable mpox cases reported in the uk. of these, 3,553 were in england, 34 were in northern ireland, 97 were in scotland and 48 were in wales.
in 2023 and 2024 (up to 29 february 2024) there have been a total of 160 cases of mpox reported in the uk. of these, 153 were in england (68 cases were presumed to have acquired mpox in the uk, 58 were acquired outside the uk and 27 are awaiting classification), 3 were in scotland (2 were an imported case acquired outside the uk and one was presumed to have acquired mpox in the uk), one was in wales (an imported case acquired outside the uk), and 3 were in northern ireland (one was presumed to have acquired mpox in the uk and 2 are awaiting classification).