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There an outbreak of a new variant of the deadly mpox virus in parts of Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a global health emergency. It has for urgent action to the virus. The first instance of the variant was in Congo on the 1st of June. It has since to 13 African nations. On Thursday, Sweden a case. A day later, Pakistan it had a patient. The WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths this year. On Friday, Europe's Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said more imported cases of mpox "highly likely". However, it said the chances of local outbreaks in Europe "very low".

Mpox is primarily through close skin-to-skin contact with infected people or their contaminated clothes or bedsheets. It can also through close proximity to someone who sneezes or . People can also it by talking or too close to an infected person. The WHO says mpox is less contagious than Covid-19, which was an airborne virus. Common symptoms of mpox rash, fever, and muscle aches. The rash into hundreds of pus-filled blisters, which may itchy or painful. There insufficient supplies of the mpox vaccine in Africa. Most supplies are in the West as part of their own emergency preparedness.