NSW Health has received 433 notifications of the disease since June 1, making it the largest mpox outbreak in the state since the first case was confirmed in May 2022.
More than 60 sandwiches and salads sold in 11 shops have already been slapped with ‘do not eat’ alerts over fears they could contain contaminated salad.
A total of 616 homes in Bramley, south of Guildford, have been told their water contains high levels of hydrocarbons, making it unsafe to drink.
Locals in Brixham, Boohay, Kingswear, Roseland and north-east Paignton in Devon were all told to boil water as a precaution.
The victims are among 30 cases reported across the country, some involving children as young as seven – according to UK health and food watchdogs.
At least thirty people had been sickened by a rare strain of the diarrhoea-causing bug linked to a dairy manufacturer near Preston. Health chiefs are still probing the outbreak.
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