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EU public health body lifts Mpox risk alert level

BY REUTERS The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Friday raised its risk level for Mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed the first infection with a new strain of the virus outside Africa, in Sweden. The EU public health body’s head said there will be more imported cases of the new Mpox strain in Europe in the coming weeks, though the risk of sustained transmission remains low. The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared Mpox a global public health emergency, its highest form of alert, following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that had spread to neighbouring countries. The global health body is due to host an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss ways […]

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