Ship in quarantine due to suspected case of mpox in Argentina

Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship on the Parana River, near the grain trade hub of Rosario, due to a suspected case of mpox, the health ministry said, as international authorities remain vigilant over the emergence of a new strain of mpox. virus, which spreads faster. The quarantined Liberian-flagged ship was en route from the Brazilian city of Santos, also a major trading hub, to load soybeans, according to Argentina’s health ministry and shipping agency. A new outbreak of mpox in Africa, centered on DR Congo, prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a health emergency of international concern on August 14, its highest level of alert, as it had also done in 2022. Among the reasons were especially the emergence of a new variant of the virus, which is more easily transmitted and is potentially more lethal. The next day, a case of this variant, clade 1b, was confirmed in Sweden, the first in Europe in the current outbreak. The […]
Source: News Beast

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