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Congo set to receive mpox vaccines with U.S. aid as WHO declares global emergency. New strain spreading in Africa, affecting children. Sweden reports first...

Deadlier case of Clade 1b monkeypox strain detected for first time in Asia as countries prepare to face threat

The numbers represented 4.7% of all deaths total worldwide, according to the World Health Organization

Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.

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Congo's health minister says the country will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States

On Aug. 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified Mpox virus, which is surging across several African countries, as a “public health emergency of international concern.” This action will help mobilize global and regional public health resources to better monitor and respond to the threats posed.

Sudan's Health Minister this weekend declared a cholera epidemic after 22 deaths were reported. The situation has become dire in the northeast African nation, where the population is suffering from the fallout of catastrophic floods and a 16-month conflict.

The mpox outbreak puts pressure on a region already struggling with a lack of medicines and an ongoing armed rebellion.

Health officials say 33-year-old male patient from Manila experienced fever before developing a ‘distinct’ skin rash.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 10–20% of people suffer from long COVID after they recover from the initial COVID infection.