Mpox: Nearly 30,000 suspected cases in Africa, clade 1b variety spreads to India

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Mpox: Nearly 30,000 suspected cases in Africa, clade 1b variety spreads to India

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-09-23 10:21

Almost 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa this year, WHO says Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Reuters Reuters

India reports first case of mpox from fast-spreading clade 1b variety India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a man in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking South Asia's first recorded case from the new strain. Ainnie Arif Reuters

 

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Mpox

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