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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		Monkeypox: The next virus that has health experts worried
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:11:20
	Publish Date:		2022-07-29 04:33:35
	Description:		As the focus remains on the Covid-19 pandemic, another disease has scientists on high alert. Monkeypox, a virus that has rarely been seen outside Africa, has been spreading rapidly in recent months leading the World Health Organisation to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. On Thursday, Australia’s chief medical officer Paul Kelly designated the outbreak here a communicable disease incident of national significance. So far, 44 Australians have been diagnosed with the disease as part of an outbreak that now spans more than 20,000 people across 71 countries. To tell us more, science reporter Liam Mannix joins Nathanael Cooper on Please Explain. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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