A second case of monkeypox has been identified in the UK, just days after the first was discovered.
The patient tested positive at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and had recently travelled to Nigeria where they are believed to have contracted it, Public Health England said.
They have been transferred to Liverpool University Hospital for treatment.
The first UK case was diagnosed in Cornwall, in a patient who had also spent time in Nigeria.
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