The World Health Organization has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern due to a new lethal variant of mpox, marking its second activation for this disease in history.
As cases of mpox surged to 15,000 in Africa, with a 160% increase from last year, the WHO acknowledged the growing public health threat posed by this virus.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus highlighted the complexity of the outbreak, stating, 'we are not facing a single outbreak with a single clade, but many, with different variants.'
The detection of a different clade (Ib) and the high mortality rate in Africa, where approximately 3% of those testing positive are dying, underscores the severity of the mpox situation.
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