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Still 11 cases of smallpox in monkeys is expected to be announced within the day by the UK Health Insurance Service, according to the Times.
So far they have been confirmed nine incidents in the country, most of which have been located in London. All patients except the first one who had traveled in Nigeria where the disease is endemic, it is believed that they were infected on British soil, in a development that has been described as “unusual”.
The post notes that the abrupt more than doubling of cases The British Government is concerned that the virus that causes the disease is spreading in the country without being detected.
In fact, the competent ministers are reportedly considering a campaign to inform them gay men for the risk of contracting the diseaseas most of the confirmed cases concern homosexual or bisexual men.
Britain has about 5,000 doses of smallpox vaccinebut the government alarmed by the outbreak of the disease has ordered another 20,000 installments.
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