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17 Aug 2024
Mpox outbreak global health emergency

Doctors near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where a variant of mpox is endemic. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer

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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.

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