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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Marthe BOSUANDOLE

Mpox Kills 548 In DR Congo, Case Recorded In Sweden

This file photo taken in 2022 shows a patient with a sore caused by monkeypox in Peru (Credit: AFP)

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday an mpox outbreak has killed 548 people there this year, as the first case outside Africa of the virus's more dangerous variant was recorded in a traveller in Sweden.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, worried by the rise in cases in the DRC and the spread to nearby countries.

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