Mpox is not the new COVID, says a WHO official
World Health Organization official Hans Kluge stressed on Tuesday (August 20) that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its spread. - REUTERS
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00:00Mpox is not the new COVID, regardless of whether it's Mpox Clade 1, behind the ongoing outbreak
00:08in East-Central Africa, or Mpox Clade 2, behind the 2022 outbreak that initially impacted
00:16Europe and has continued to circulate in Europe since.
00:20We know quite a lot about Clade 2 already, we still have to learn more about Clade 1.
00:27We can and must tackle Mpox together, across regions and continents, so will we choose
00:34to put the systems in place to control and eliminate Mpox globally, or will we enter
00:40another cycle of panic and neglect?
00:44How we respond now and in the years to come will prove a critical test for Europe and
00:50the world.