Saturday 7 September 2024

HEALTH chiefs have issued new mpox guidance for schools, as new data shows 50% of cases are in children.


They have warned about potential instances of a deadlier and more infectious strain of the virus - called clade 1b - which spread throughout the UK in 2022.

 woman dries her baby suffering from a severe form of mpox at the Kavumu hospital, in eastern Democratic Republic of CongoCredit: AFP


The strain is presently rampaging through Africa but has been detected in Europe, with a case in Sweden last month, and some experts fearing it has already reached Britain.

The latest data from the African Centers for Disease Control shows children are being struck most - with 58% of cases since January among under 15s.

The World Health Organisation calling the spread a "public health emergency".

While planning is underway in the UK to prepare for any cases, superintendent pharmacist at Chemist ClickAbbas Kanani, has shared with The Sun the symptoms of mpox to look out for.

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