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Number of Australian Mpox Cases Surpasses 300 in 2024

Among the cases, just 1 is a woman, while the rest are men.
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Number of Australian Mpox Cases Surpasses 300 in 2024
A family nurse practitioner prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine for inoculating a patient at a vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Aug. 30, 2022. Jeenah Moon/AP Photo
Monica O’Shea
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Health departments across Australia have warned that monkey pox (mpox) cases are on the rise, with more than 300 detected this year so far.

New South Wales (NSW) has recorded the highest number of cases at 144, followed by 127 in Victoria, and 27 in Queensland as of Aug. 25.

Monica O’Shea
Monica O’Shea
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Monica O’Shea is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked as a reporter for Motley Fool Australia, Daily Mail Australia, and Fairfax Regional Media. She can be reached at monica.o'[email protected]
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