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'We can't be too complacent. We never quite know what these viruses will do,' says WHO Europe official LONDON The announcement that a more deadly strain of mpox had been discovered in Sweden earlier this month was the first warning that the virus had spread outside of Africa, where it has caused a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have declared mpox a public health emergency

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