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China Confirms First Domestic Cluster of New Mpox Variant
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China has detected the new mutated strain of the mpox virus for the first time, as the pathogen spreads to more geographies after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak in Africa a new global health emergency last year.
China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday it has found a cluster of a new mpox strain, known as clade Ib, with the source being traced back to a foreign national who has traveled to and lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.