Mpox incident warning at major hospital after infected person visits A&E

A hospital is desperately trying to trace patients and staff who came into contact with a person infected with monkeypox after they showed up in A&E.

A patient with the virus visited Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge on Saturday, leading the hospital to contact around 30 patients and 20 members of staff who are potentially at risk of infection. The UK Health Security Agency has been informed of the case.

A spokesperson for Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke's, said: "We are in contact with around 30 patients and 20 staff as a precautionary measure after a patient with Mpox visited our emergency department on Saturday evening (12 April).

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"The aim is to establish factors such as their proximity to the patient which, coupled with known factors like their age and vulnerability, helps determine whether they are offered a vaccine, or given advice around symptoms to look for and what to do. The UK Health Security Agency has been informed and the patient is now isolating at home and under the care of their GP.

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