Number of UK Confirmed Monkeypox Cases Reaches 20

A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968. CDC/Handout via Reuters

Eleven additional cases of monkeypox have been detected in the UK, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 20, the government said on Friday.

It comes as more than 100 monkeypox cases were found across Europe, with the normally-Africa-related disease also appearing in the United States, Canada, and Australia.