Monkeypox designated a notifiable disease

The new legislation means all doctors in England are required
to notify their local council or local Health Protection Team
(HPT) if they suspect a patient has monkeypox
(https://bit.ly/3MuO7xh).
Monkeypox is to be listed as a notifiable disease in law from
8 June, the UK Health Security Agency has said.
It means all doctors in England are required to notify their local
council or local Health Protection Team (HPT) if they suspect
a patient has monkeypox.
Labs must also notify the UKHSA if the virus is identified in
a laboratory sample.
It comes after the total number of confirmed monkeypox cases in
the UK reached 302 on Monday.
Wendi Shepherd, Monkeypox incident director at UKHSA, said:
"Rapid diagnosis and reporting is the key to interrupting
transmission and containing any further spread of Monkeypox.
This new legislation will support us and our health partners to
swiftly identify, treat and control the disease.
"It also supports us with the swift collection and analysis of data 
which enables us to detect possible outbreaks of the disease and
trace close contacts rapidly, whilst offering vaccinations where
appropriate to limit onward transmission."
Prof David Heymann, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology,
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), said that
making monkeypox a notifiable disease "suggests a desire to be sure
to have reporting from all sectors - public and private - and all parts
of the NHS".