Mpox variant outbreak: NHS GP outlines key ways contagious virus can spread

Mpox variant outbreak: NHS GP outlines key ways contagious virus can spread
Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 16/08/2024

- 09:20

An NHS GP has warned of the "horrid" side effects of the latest variant of mpox, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the spread of the virus was "very worrying".

The more contagious strain, known as clade 1b, emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its first case outside of Africa has now been confirmed in Sweden.

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