Elements of two major types of mpox have been found combined - Dr Boghuma Titanji, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University, said the development was 'precisely what experts feared'

Health officials have had their fears confirmed after a new strain of a virus which “can be severe” was found in the UK for the first time.

Two major types of the mpox virus were found to have combined, and were discovered in a person who has recently returned to the UK from a trip to Asia. A doctor claimed that the discovery represents “precisely what experts in the field feared would happen".

News of the "recombinant" strain, which contains genetic material from two different mpox clades, has been passed to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) .

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