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There is an outbreak of a new
of the deadly mpox virus in
of Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health
. It has called for
action to curb the virus. The first instance of the variant was found in Congo on the 1st of June. It has since spread to 13 African
. On Thursday, Sweden reported a case. A day later, Pakistan confirmed it had a
. 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
of mpox were "highly
". However, it said the
of local outbreaks in Europe were "very
".