New mutant strain of mpox with ‘pandemic potential’ discovered as health chiefs call for ‘urgent measu...

A MUTANT strain of mpox with "new pandemic potential" has been discovered in a small town in the Democratic Republic of Congo , according to research.Some 108 cases of the concerning strain, clade 1b, have been discovered in Kamituga – a poor and densely packed gold mining town near the Rwandan border.From mpox to mosquitoes & mutant Covid strains – the 4 health threats of 2024

Experts are concerned the "highly mobile" population of Kamituga could be the perfect breeding ground for spreading the new virus. On top of that, the local health system is "ill-equipped" to handle a "large-scale epidemic", and the people in the area "do not seek care", the authors warned.

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