1958: Monkeypox is first discovered when an epidemic of measles-like disease occurs in monkeys kept for testing.
1970: The first human case was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the infection has since been reported in a number of Central and West African countries.
2003: Outbreak of monkeypox in the United States after rodents were imported from Africa. Cases have been reported in both humans and domestic prairie dogs. All human infections followed contact with an infected pet and all patients recovered.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018: Monkeypox first appeared in the United Kingdom with a Nigerian naval officer who visited Cornwall for training. They were treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018: A second case of monkeypox in the United Kingdom has been confirmed in Blackpool. It has nothing to do with the first case in Cornwall. Instead, the patient became infected while traveling to Nigeria. They were treated at Victoria Hospital in Blackpool and the Royal University Hospital in Liverpool.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018: A third person was diagnosed with monkeypox. The person worked at Victoria Hospital in Blackpool and was treating the second case of monkeypox. They received treatment at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
DECEMBER 3, 2019: A patient was diagnosed with monkeypox in England, the fourth case in history.
MAY 25, 2021: Two cases of monkeypox have been identified in North Wales. Both patients traveled to Nigeria.
A third person living with one of the cases was diagnosed and admitted to hospital, which reduces the total to seven.
MAY 7, 2022: A man was diagnosed with monkeypox in England after recently traveling to Nigeria. The person received care in the Infectious Diseases Expert Unit at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London.
MAY 14, 2022: Two more cases were confirmed in London. The infected couple lived in the same household, but were not in contact with the case announced a week earlier.
One of these people was taken care of by the Infectious Diseases Expert Unit at St Mary’s Hospital in London. The other was isolated at home and did not need hospital treatment.
MAY 16, 2022: Four more cases have been announced, bringing the total number in the UK to seven. Three of these cases are in London, while one of their contacts is infected in the north-east of England.
A number of cases have been described as “unusual” and “surprising”, as experts warn gays and bisexual men to watch out for new rashes.
MAY 19, 2022: Two more cases were discovered, without travel links or links to other cases. The cases are based in the Southeast and London. Fears that the infections remained undetected began to grow.
MAY 20, 2022: Eleven more cases are announced, meaning that the monkeypox epidemic in Britain has doubled to 20. Ministers discuss the possibility of a public health campaign to warn gays that the disease may be more prevalent for them
MAY 23, 2022: Scotland registers its first case of monkeypox and declares 36 more infections in England. This brings the United Kingdom to 57.
MAY 24, 2022: England registers 14 more cases, bringing the total to 71 in the United Kingdom.
MAY 25, 2022: Seven other infections have been reported in England, which means that 78 cases have been detected in the United Kingdom.
MAY 26, 2022: Wales and Northern Ireland discover their first case of monkeypox in a recent outbreak, while Scotland sees two more and England records eight, bringing the total to 90 in the United Kingdom.
MAY 27, 2022: England discovers 16 more cases, which means that 106 people in the UK have confirmed infections.
MAY 29, 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk of monkeypox is “moderate”, citing fears of virus infection in children and immunosuppressed people if it becomes more widespread.
MAY 30, 2022: The United Kingdom discovers another 71 cases of monkeypox, bringing the total number of the United Kingdom to 179. Cases have jumped 70 percent in just three days.
MAY 31, 2022: Eleven infections have been reported in the United Kingdom, bringing the number to 190.
JUNE 1, 2022: Five other cases have been reported in England and one has been detected in Scotland, which means that the United Kingdom has already registered 196.
2 JUNE 2022: The United Kingdom sees 11 more cases in England, bringing the total to 207 in the United Kingdom.
JUNE 3, 2022: 18 more cases are registered – 15 in England and three in Scotland, bringing the number of monkey pox in the UK to 225.
JUNE 6, 2022: Seventy-three cases are reported in England, 2 in Scotland and 2 in Wales, bringing the total to 302 in the United Kingdom.
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