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International

China discovers cluster of new mpox strain

Sweden, Thailand, and India have confirmed cases of the clade Ib type of the virus, outside of the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.
International

WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use

The patient is a 38-year-old man who had travelled from the United Arab Emirates and had been admitted to the government medical college hospital in the district, Kerala authorities said last week.
International

India reports first case of mpox from fast-spreading clade 1b variety

Malaysia has detected 10 cases of mpox since July last year, all of which are of the clade 2 variant.
International

Malaysia reports new mpox case of less severe variant

jumpox24 - Temperature and visual screening at Changi Airport for crew and passengers arriving from mpox-affected areas  as a precautionary measure against the import of mpox into Singapore. Credit: Changi Airport Group
Singapore

No mpox Clade I cases detected in Singapore so far; vaccinations offered to selected groups

Now a new strain of the mpox-causing monkeypox virus threatens to trigger a more severe global outbreak, including in Australia.
International

Sydney’s mpox surge offers cautionary tale as world braces for new strain

A new mpox strain, known as clade Ib, has the world’s attention again after the WHO declared a new health emergency.
International

New mpox strain is changing fast; African scientists are ‘working blind’ to respond

A health worker assesses a suspected case of mpox at the Munigi mpox treatment center in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. photographer: Arlette Bashizi/Bloomberg
International

WHO seeks US$135 million as it launches global mpox response plan

The WHO has declared mpox a global public health emergency after an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spread to neighbouring countries and a new form of the virus, clade Ib, triggered concerns about the speed of transmission.
International

Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa

There have been more than 15,000 cases of mpox in Congo this year, and at least 550 deaths.
International

Why mpox vaccines aren’t flowing to Africans in desperate need

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