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LONDON -- The World Health Organization declared Wednesday, August 14, 2024, that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency , warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.The announcement by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came after a meeting of the UN health agency's emergency committee..Will mpox trigger another pandemic?.
On Thursday, August 15, Sweden's public health agency said it identified the first case of the new mpox variant in someone who had recently been in Africa, and who sought health care in Stockholm.Officials said the risk to the general public was considered “very low” and that they expected sporadic imported cases to continue.Kamituga, the region in Congo where the new form of mpox was first spotted, is home to a significant transient population traveling through Africa and beyond.
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