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Scientists ‘working blindly’ to track and tackle mpox in Africa as disease spreads | World News
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Scientists are “working blindly” in Africa to track and tackle mpox, an infectious disease expert, who also chairs the WHO’s mpox emergency committee, has said. Experts studying the virus said it has spread out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, often in areas where experts lack the funding and equipment to properly track it. That…
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‘Don’t sit’ on mpox vaccines and keep up surveillance, WHO’s Europe chief says | World News
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Surveillance and the sharing of mpox vaccines with Africa will be integral to preventing a global outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization’s Europe director has said. Mpox was declared a global emergency by the WHO last week, with a new strain spreading across Africa at an alarming rate and causing more than 571…