Hong Kong records 21 mpox cases since August, high-risk groups urged to get jabs

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Hong Kong has recorded 21 mpox cases since August, bringing its year-to-date total to 30, including 23 local and seven imported cases. Health officials are urging people at higher risk to take protective measures and get vaccinated.

Hong Kong has recorded 21 cases of mpox since August, accounting for 70 per cent of this year’s total, prompting health authorities to urge people who engage in high-risk sexual contact to take protective measures and get vaccinated to reduce their risk of infection. The latest case, involving a 29-year-old man, brought the total number recorded in Hong Kong this year to 30, comprising 23 local cases and seven imported ones, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Saturday. Twenty-one...