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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Vishwam Sankaran

China detects new mutated mpox strain for first time

China has detected the new mutated clade 1b strain of mpox for the first time as the outbreak, declared a global health emergency by the WHO, continues to spread.

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that the source of the “cluster outbreak” was a foreigner who had lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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