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Monkeypox detected in Tāmaki Makaurau - what should you expect?
Monkeypox has been detected in Aotearoa. Image: Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock
New Zealand is now one of the 50 countries reporting cases of viral zoonotic disease monkeypox, after a person returning home to Auckland from overseas was diagnosed with the virus.
We spoke with Kurt Krause, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Otago, to hear more about the public health implications of monkeypox, and how prepared for an outbreak Aotearoa is.
