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UK hospital urgently tracing anyone in contact with A&E patient with rare virus
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18th April 2025 - The Mirror
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A hospital is desperately trying to trace patients and staff who came into contact with a person infected with mpox after they showed up in A&E. Health chiefs at Addenrbooke's Hospital in Cambridge contacted around 30 patients and 20 members of staff whose contact with the infected individual put them at risk of infection.
The UK Health Security Agency has been informed of the case. A spokesperson for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS 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.
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