UK health officials have confirmed an eighth case of mpox has been detected in the country after being blamed for being behind a number of miscarriages in Africa

A new case of the most dangerous mpox variant clade lb has been detected in Britain, marking the eighth instance since October last year, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. The London patient has no links to the seven previous cases identified in the country,

A new case of the mpox variant clade Ib has been reported in England, marking the eighth case in the country since October last year. The UK Health Security Agency considers the risk to be low despite the variant's links to a WHO-declared global health emergency.

Britain's health security agency (UKHSA) said on Friday another case of the mpox variant clade lb has been detected in England, the eighth case confirmed in the country since October last year. The government agency said the risk to the population remained low.