Sweden reports first case outside Africa of new mpox strain
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A person in Sweden has tested positive for the more infectious form of mpox which was first found in DR Congo, making it the first known case outside Africa, according to Swedish health officials. It comes just a day after WHO declared it a global emergency.
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Sweden's public health agency said the new, more dangerous variant of mpox, which the WHO declared a public health emergency the previous day, was diagnosed in a person who had sought care in the country.
Sweden on Thursday announced the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox, which the WHO has declared a global public health emergency.
LONDON (AP) — Swedish health officials said Thursday they have identified the first case of a person with the more infectious form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo, a day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency.
STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO >> The World Health Organization on Thursday confirmed that a case of the viral infection mpox in Sweden was linked to an outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the WHO declared the disease a global public health emergency.
Sweden's public health agency said on Thursday that the country had recorded a first known case of the newer mpox variant that originated in the Congo.
A person in Sweden has tested positive for the more infectious form of mpox which was first found in DR Congo, making it the first known case outside Africa, according to Swedish health officials. It comes just a day after WHO declared it a global emergency.
Sweden confirmed its first case of a more virulent strain of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact with infected people and animals.
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