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Mpox - Health Emergency
August 22 , 2024
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- The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox as a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC).
- Mpox is caused by an orthopox virus.
- It was first detected in humans in 1970 and is endemic to countries in central and west Africa.
- More than 2,100 laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease, as well as 13 deaths, have been reported this year in the DRC and 11 other countries.
- WHO also reported that Sweden was the first country outside of Africa to report a case of the mpox Clade 1 variant.
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