Chlorine-based Disinfectant Used to Combat Mpox Outbreak in Africa
A Red Cross worker spraying chlorine-based disinfectant in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 2024
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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern in August 2024 due to a surge in cases of mpox in parts of East, West, and Central Africa. This marked the second consecutive alert for the same infection, following the end of the previous emergency in 2023.
The outbreak was primarily driven by the clade IIb variant of mpox, which had previously been known as…
