Article 6BEEH First Mpox case in NSW for six months sparks health warning

First Mpox case in NSW for six months sparks health warning

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Men who have sex with other men urged to be aware of symptoms after infected person not found to have been overseas

Health officials are urging men who have sex with other men to be aware of symptoms for Mpox, also known as monkeypox, with the first New South Wales case in six months detected in Sydney.

Vicky Sheppeard, director of the South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, says while the state's vaccination program against the infectious disease has been very successful, the virus will continue to show up in Australia while it circulates overseas.

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