An Indian crewmember on a bulk carrier in Argentina struck down with symptoms similar to mpox has been told he is in fact suffering from chicken pox. The entire ship’s crew were quarantined earlier this week over fears that the skin lesions found on one seafarer were a strain of mpox. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years as a new variant of the virus spread rapidly in Africa. A day later, a case of the clade 1b variant was confirmed in Sweden, the first sign of its spread outside Africa. Mpox, a viral infection that causes pus-filled lesions and flu-like symptoms, is usually mild but can kill. The clade 1b variety of mpox has triggered global concern because it seems to spread more easily through routine close contact. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsArgentina