MPOX cases have been surging in Africa, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declaring the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”.
The strain, named clade 1b, emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and since then more than 18,000 suspected cases and over 600 deaths have been recorded in the country this year.
AFPMpox is yet to be detected in the UK, but has been declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’[/caption] ...