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Public Health Authority Declares Saudi Arabia is Currently Mpox Free
The Public Health Authority has seen no confirmed cases of the clade 1 strain.
Aug 18, 2024
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The Public Health Authority (Weqaya) has announced that no cases of mpox have been confirmed in the Kingdom.
The World Health Organisation recently declared that the spread of the clade 1 strain is cause for a public health emergency of international concern.
Weqaya is implementing preventative strategies such as awareness campaigns, epidemiological investigations, and a coordinated response to infectious diseases with significant epidemiological impact, as well as encouraging the public to rely on official sources of information only and practise healthy behaviours.
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