Aug 21, 2024 05:05 AM
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Asia Prepares for Mpox Virus After Sweden Finds Dangerous Strain
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The World Health Organization this month declared mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
(Bloomberg) — Asian countries from China to Pakistan have beefed up surveillance for a mutated monkeypox virus that is spreading from central Africa, where the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency this month.
A case in Sweden last week highlights the international threat from the 1B strain that is reported to have killed more than 500 people, mostly children, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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