![]() Meanwhile, a scientific group advising the UK Government has called for the pet hamsters, rabbits and other rodents owned by infected patients to be isolated for three weeks. 'There are other potential routes of trying to get yourself into the system, maybe calling NHS 111, but this resource has been really overloaded with everyone calling who had a rash,' he added, during a webinar hosted by Prepster, a volunteer group of London-based HIV prevention campaigners. Anyone can be seen in a sexual health clinic, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or identity. Mr Prochazka told The Daily Telegraph: 'Sexual health clinics are not just for gay and bisexual men. The majority are among gay and bisexual men. Health chiefs are alarmed about the ever-growing cluster of cases, given that until now the smallpox-like infection was confined to a handful of people with travel links to Africa. Wales and Northern Ireland declared their first cases on Thursday, while Scotland has so far logged three. The UKHSA said the new patients were all based in England. There have been 106 across Britain since the first was detected on May 6. It comes as another 16 cases of monkeypox have been spotted in the UK, pushing the total above 100 - as health officials plan to start isolating infected people's pets. Mateo Prochazka, head of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) investigating the outbreak, is urging worried Britons to use local sexual health services rather than 111 so its staff can focus more on handling other health queries. The medical helpline NHS 111 is being swamped by callers with a rash who think they might have monkeypox, according to a health official. The medical helpline NHS 111 is being swamped by callers with a rash who think they might have monkeypox, according to a health official But EU health chiefs this week warned it could circulate in animal populations and trigger sporadic outbreaksīy Nick Enoch and Emily Craig Health Reporter For Mailonline.Experts are confident monkeypox won't turn into a pandemic like Covid because it does not spread as easily.Dr Adam Kucharski said this means monkeypox may spread to animals and become well-established in UK.Epidemiologist warned that new cases may slow down but risk is they will 'not be eliminated in some places'.All new cases were detected in England, while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland logged total of five so far.Mateo Prochazka, head of UKHSA, is urging worried Britons to use local sexual health services rather than NHS 111 helpline so its staff can focus more on handling other health queries.The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed 16 new cases, bringing the UK total since May 6 to 106.NHS 111 'is being overloaded because everyone who gets a rash thinks they've got monkeypox': Other patients are left at risk due to swamped helplines, health chief warns as virus spreads to more than 100 Britons
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