Bringing a huge relief British health officials on Monday said that monkeypox outbreak across the country “shows signs of slowing".
However, it is still too early to know if the decline can be sustained. “Authorities are reporting about 29 new monkeypox infections every day, compared to about 52 cases a day during the last week in June.
In July, officials estimated the outbreak was doubling in size about every two weeks. To date, the U.K. has recorded more than 3,000 cases of monkeypox, with more than 70% of cases in London," UK Health Security Agency said.
The agency also said more than 27,000 people were immunized with a vaccine designed against smallpox, a related disease. “These thousands of vaccines, administered by the (National Health Service)to those at highest risk of exposure, should have a significant impact on the transmission of the virus," the agency said.