Players tee off again at 9:15 a.m. ET (2:15 p.m. local) in a shotgun start for the second round of the LIV Golf Invitational London event. We’ll have live updates throughout the second round.
DJ, Phil Together Again, and Other Intriguing Round 2 Groups
The field has been reset for the second round at Centurion Club, based on Round 1 scores.
Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, LIV Golf’s headliners, were paired yesterday on the 1st hole in the shotgun start, and by virtue of both shooting 1 under, they’re together again starting on the 3rd hole. Sam Horsfield rounds out the threesome.
UK Government is cautious but not ‘concerned’ about Monkeypox outbreak
A British minister has insisted monkeypox is not a “repeat of Covid” as he attempted to quell fears.
Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said the virus “certainly does not appear to be anywhere near the same platform of seriousness” as the Covid-19 pandemic.
He also mentioned the fact there was already a vaccine available that works for monkeypox as he spoke to media on Monday morning.
It comes as the UK braces for more cases to be announced on top of the current tally of 20.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation has confirmed 92 confirmed cases of monkeypox around the world – including Europe and the US – and another 28 suspected infections.
This tally does not include cases in Israel, Switzerland and Austria that were announced later.
Monkeypox – which belongs to the same virus family as smallpox but gives milder symptoms – is rarely identified outside of Africa.
Superspreader events likely behind global surge in cases, expert says
An infectious diseases expert has said superspreader events are likely behind the global surge in monkeypox cases.
Sir Jeremy Farrar, the director of Wellcome, said there have been small outbreaks in the past with cases in the UK – but “something has changed” with this one.
“The virus may have changed, but I think that’s unlikely,” he told BBC Radio 4’sToday programme.
“More likely is, I think, that the niche that this virus now finds itself in has allowed for some superspreader events and those individuals involved in that have then travelled to other parts of the world and taken the infection with them.”
He said the fact the virus has “spread across borders so quickly” is different from what has happened before.
Opinion: The public health threat of a ‘toxic relationship’ with animals
“When will we learn?” Julia Baines from Peta UK asks.
“Now that monkeypox has been detected in Canada, Portugal, Spain, the UK, and the US, we should accept that our toxic relationship with animals is sleepwalking us into disaster.”
UK minister says Monkeypox not ‘some repeat of Covid’
Monkeypox is not a “repeat of” Covid-19, a UK government minister has assured.
“As with any new disease, and obviously after the Covid pandemic doubly so, we continue to monitor this very closely,” Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury, told Sky News.
“I would say I am cautious but I am certainly not concerned about our ability to handle the situation.
“There is a vaccine which is available and works for monkeypox, and all the evidence is that it is spread by physical contact.
Mr Clarke added: “What I would say is we are cautious but we are certainly not in a position where I would in anyway worry the public that this is some repeat of Covid, because it certainly does not appear to be anywhere near the same platform of seriousness.”
Joe Biden has also said the smallpox vaccine works for monkeypox.
Asked whether the US has enough stockpiles of that vaccine to handle the monkeypox spread, the US president said: “I think we do have enough to deal with the likelihood of a problem.”
Joe Biden says the US stockpiles are ‘enough’ to deal with monkeypox threat
