CNA Explains: Deadlier and more contagious – how dangerous is the new mpox variant?
Coronavirus
What is the new mpox strain clade 1b? Is it as contagious as COVID-19, and how likely is it to reach Singapore? SINGAPORE: In just two years, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Aug 14 declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time. The highest level of alert, categorised as how COVID-19 was, followed an mpox outbreak from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that spread to neighbouring countries. The latest surge of mpox has been of the deadlier strain, clade 1b.
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