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2024.08.19 05:53 GMT+8

Mpox: What you need to know

Updated 2024.08.19 05:53 GMT+8
Jim Spellman

The WHO has declared mpox a Global Health Emergency. 

Already this year, there have been more than 17,000 confirmed and suspected cases in Africa, and more than 500 deaths, centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Will mpox spread globally? 

And how dangerous is it? CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports.

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