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Mpox outbreak in Africa
September 11 , 2025
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- The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
- The outbreak began in early 2024 with a new form of mpox virus spreading in Congo and nearby African countries through close contact, including sexual transmission.
- The virus strain involved belongs to clade I, known to be more severe and widely reported in Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Clade II of the mpox virus had caused a global outbreak in 2022, with hundreds of daily cases in countries like the United States.
- Improved public health measures and increased testing capacity in affected regions led to a sustained decline in case numbers.
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