The World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency, following an outbreak of a new strain of the mpox virus in the continent of Africa. The virus – formerly known as monkeypox – can be passed on through close contact and causes flu-like symptoms and lesions on the body and can be deadly. It’s now been detected in at least 13 African countries, but one country has been hit particularly hard – the Democratic republic of Congo.
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