The Latest Breaking News from UK Health Security Agency

Symptoms can appear anywhere between five days to three weeks after contracting the virus

The agency has so far confirmed 20 monkeypox cases in the UK

Guidance introduced in 2018, following the discovery of the UK's first monkeypox cases, state that contacts are assessed on a case-by-case basis, with those at risk urged to avoid the immunocompromised, children under 12 and pregnant women

In recent weeks, the disease has been identified in several non-endemic countries in recent weeks, including Britain, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Canada and the United States.

"Monkeypox could fill the ecological niche left by smallpox" experts have warned

Dr Susan Hopkins, of the UK Health Security Agency, said updated figures for the weekend will be released on Monday.

Infections of feared monkeypox have been found in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as in Australia, Canada and the US

Health officials are still trying to identify the cause of the increase in the severe liver condition

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) had confirmed 11 more cases of monkeypox in the UK, with most being described as mild