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One person in London has tested positive for the more infectious form of mpox after traveling to Africa, according to British health officials. It’s the first known case in the UK of the new variant. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the person, whose age and gender has not been disclosed, tested positive in London and has since been transferred to Royal Free Hospital’s High Consequence Infectious Diseases unit. “They had recently travelled to countries in Africa that are seeing community cases of Clade Ib mpox,” UKHSA said in a statement. “The UKHSA and NHS will not be disclosing any…

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