With the World Health Organization declaring a global Public Health Emergency for Mpox, countries like India, Pakistan and China have all now sprung into act...

Mpox has been declared a global public health emergency. So how can you protect yourself?

Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency. Swedish health officials said at a press conference that the person was infected while in Africa with the clade Ib type of mpox involved in the recent outbreak. "The emergence of a case on the European continent could spur rapid international spread of mpox," said Lawrence Gostin, a public health expert and professor at Georgetown Law in Washington.

Democratic Republic of the Congo among countries affected by the virus, with death toll now more than 1,450

"Mpox is transmitted very efficiently through sexual contact."

Monkeypox, typically rare, is spreading around the world. Here’s a quick look at everything you need to know about this viral disease.

The deadly strain kills one in every ten people who catches it.