China announced five cases of the new mpox variant

The announced Thursday (09.01.2025) that it recorded 5 cases of the new mpox variant, commonly as assurance that the focus was effectively contained. China’s health authorities announced that they discovered an outbreak of monkey smallpox with the new parallax strain of the virus, called clade 1b, whose source is considered a man who had stayed for some time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. CORVERSE The virus was isolated in four people who had contact with this patient. These patients experienced slight symptoms. “The people infected and those in a risk group are treated and monitored by doctors and the focus is effectively controlled,” he clarified the Chinese Center for disease control and prevention in his announcement. “No other case has been detected to date in their environment,” added the center. CORVERSE Box, which is a viral disease, occurs mainly with high fever and skin lesions. The disease limited to about 10 African countries after its discovery in the 1970s, spread in 2022 to the rest of the world, including developed countries. The World Health Organization declared in August its highest alert level for the mpox epidemic, previously known as monkey pox. In November, WHO again declared alarm due to increased cases and also the countries affected by the disease. China had announced at the time that it would test people entering the country for six months.