摘要
Last month,when the world's most populus country,India,reported its first case of the new,highly transmissible clade Ib mpox variant,the challenge of containing the virus was once again evident.Only a few weeks before that in August,the World Health Organization(WHO)and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC)declared mpox a public health emergency in response to its spread in Africa.Since then,cases of clade Ib mpox have been reported in Sweden,Thailand,and Pakistan.Although mpox is not yet a global pandemic,the new variant may tip the scales in that direction if the world does not act quickly to mitigate its spread in Africa.
