It is part of the Clade 1b outbreak, which appears to spread more easily between people. Mpox was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization this summer and it has been seen in other countries from whom people were visiting the infected areas.
The UK patient had recently been on holiday in at least one of the affected countries in Africa and began to feel sick 24 hours after flying home. The virus will mutate and it may trigger (just may trigger so take care and don't worry too much) a new pandemy like covid-19. Pandemy or not, the epidemy will appear in the news when the virus will infect other people over the globe. How many of them I can't say, but washing and taking care count.
