LONDON: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said Monday (Dec 8) it had identified a new strain of the mpox virus in England in a person who had recently travelled to Asia."Our genomic testing has enabled us to detect this new mpox strain," said Katy Sinka from the UKHSA, a government agency responsible for

It's a mix of two major types of the virus, and has been found in someone who recently returned from Asia.

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