| Heading: |
Mpox: Disease Control |
| Question ID: |
1747084 |
| UIN: |
18036 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5307 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Beccy Cooper
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Beccy Cooper
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the rise in cases in the more spreadable variant of mpox now detected in the UK. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-11 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1506 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Gwynne
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| Answering Member handle: |
GwynneMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GwynneMP
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| Answer text: |
There are two distinct types of the mpox virus: clade I and clade II. The previous significant outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2022 was from clade II. Clade I is currently classified as a high consequence infectious disease. The risk to the UK populatio... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |