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Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization on Tuesday said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more research was needed to understand how the outbreak is spreading.
WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said Tuesday that if a person with the virus had lesions, “if you’re talking closely to someone, breathing on them, physically close, face-to-face, there is a possibility” of viral spread, “but this is a minor source.” The surge in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being driven by surges of two different Clade 1 strains.
“Studies are under way to understand the properties of the new strain. But available epidemiological data doesn’t really suggest that the clade 1b variant causes more severe cases and deaths.”
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