"The agency... has identified 11 more cases of monkeypox in England," the agency said in a statement.
As a result, the total number of confirmed cases of the disease in England alone as of June 1 reached 199 people.
With five cases in Scotland, two in Northern Ireland and one in Wales, the total number of cases of monkeypox in the UK is 207.
An immunologist, a specialist in especially dangerous infections, Doctor of Medical Sciences Vladislav Zhemchugov, in an interview with the 360 TV channel, commented on the situation with the incidence of monkeypox.