After COVID, is India at risk after WHO declared Mpox a global health emergency?

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Several European countries have raised their alert levels due to a rise in Mpox cases.

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Published on August 15, 2024 -  06:32
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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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