Mpox researchers sound the alarm – mutate faster than expected

Mpox researchers sound the alarm – mutate faster than expected

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Scientists all over the world are trying to understand the new mpox variant. Now they are raising the alarm that the virus is mutating faster than expected.

Sweden still has the only case of the new mpox virus in Europe. In addition to the Swedish case, only one other case has been found outside Africa – in Thailand.

But in Congo Kinshasha it is spreading fast.

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