Will mpox trigger another pandemic?

by The Manila Times

Aug 19, 2024 12:13 am

LONDON — The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus' transmission.

Sweden has since announced it had found the first case of a new form of mpox previously only seen in Africa in a traveler, while other European health authorities warned more imported cases were likely.

GLOBAL EMERGENCY Health workers walk between wards at the mpox treatment center at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Aug. 17, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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