Colorized transmission electron micrograph of immature mpox virus particles (red with tan viral envelope) found within an infected VERO E6 cell (teal), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID

 

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of immature mpox virus particles

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1736461899802mpox-virus.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Colorized transmission electron micrograph of immature mpox virus particles (red with tan viral envelope) found within an infected VERO E6 cell (teal), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. <em>Credit: NIAID</em></span></span></span></div><p>BEIJING - China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new mpox strain, but that the &quot;outbreak has been effectively handled&quot;.</p><p>Mpox is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by animals but can also spread from person to person through close physical contact.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2024/9/4/what-we-know-about-the-mpox-outbreak-1041">What we know about the mpox outbreak</a></div><p>It causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions, and can be deadly.</p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency over the virus in August and renewed it in November following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it has killed more than 1,000 people.</p><p>Two days after the WHO&#x27;s August declaration, China announced it would screen people entering the country for mpox over the next six months.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LtuAsNSzBTU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Chinese health authorities said Thursday that they had discovered a cluster outbreak of the mpox strain Clade 1b, with the source of infection believed to be someone with a record of living in the DRC.</p><p>Four people who had close contact with the patient were found to be infected by the strain and were showing relatively mild symptoms of rashes and blisters, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;The infected and at-risk people are receiving medical treatment and health observation, and the outbreak has been effectively handled,&quot; it added.</p><p>To date, no cases have been found among other contacts, the health authority said.</p><p>Cases of mpox have been reported in more than 120 countries since 2022, according to the WHO.</p><p>mya/sco</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ksw7AIqmCas?&amp;t=3s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new mpox strain, but that the "outbreak has been effectively handled".</p>

China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new mpox strain, but that the "outbreak has been effectively handled".

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