1st case of mpox outside of Africa confirmed in Sweden
Sweden confirmed its first case of the viral infection mpox on Thursday, which was also the first case outside Africa, a day after the WHO declared the disease a global public health emergency for the second time in two years.
"We have now also during the afternoon had confirmation that we have one case in Sweden of the more grave type of Mpox, the one called Clade I," Health and Social Affairs Minister Jakob Forssmed told the press conference.
The person was infected while staying in a part of Africa where there was a large outbreak of the disease, Olivia Wigzell, director-general at the Swedish Public Health Agency told a press conference.
United Nations deputy spokesman Farhan Hag reiterated the World Health Organization's announcement calling the Mpox virus a "public health emergency of international concern."
"WHO is warning also about the potential of this Mpox virus to spread further across countries in Africa and possibly outside the continent," Haq said.
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