Caribbean countries urged to strengthen Mpox surveillance amid potential spread of new variant detected in African region
The Washington-based Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called on countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, to strengthen surveillance, including laboratory detection and genomic sequencing of confirmed cases, following the identification of a new variant of mpox virus, Clade I (Clade Ib), in the sub-Saharan African Region. In an epidemiological alert, PAHO said that while the new variant has not been reported in the Americas, countries should remain alert […]