Victoria's Chief Heath Officer Doctor Clare Looker says there's a need to lift the mpox vaccination rate among at risk people. 353 people have contracted mpox in Australia this year with the disease being spread through sexual activity. People who identify as LGBTIQ+ are considered most at risk of being infected. The outbreak in Australia is less severe than the type that's causing serious illness and deaths in Central Africa which is known as clade 1b. Greg Dyett asked Doctor Looker about that more severe strain and how Victoria would respond if there was a clade 1b case detected in her jurisdiction.
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