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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

How worried should we be about the new mpox strain?

The person identified to have contracted mpox had been on holiday in Africa (Alamy/PA) -

Health authorities have announced the first case of Clade1b mpox has been identified in the UK.

Since January 2024, there have been around 1,000 deaths out of 33,000 suspected cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Centre for Disease Control.

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