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Sweden confirms first case of mpox strain outside Africa
- Sweden confirmed its first case of the viral infection mpox, marking the first instance outside Africa, a day after the WHO declared a global public health emergency.
- The Swedish Public Health Agency stated the patient contracted mpox during a stay in an African region experiencing a major outbreak.
- Authorities announced the case involved the more infectious mpox strain currently circulating in central and eastern Africa.
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Swedish authorities have reported the first confirmed case of the new Mpox variant Clade I outside Africa. This was announced by Swedish Minister of Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed at a televised press conference.
·Vienna, Austria
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Sweden Detects mpox Variant for the First Time Outside of Africa
Swedish officials said Thursday they have detected a version of mpox that only a day earlier prompted global health authorities to declare a health emergency, marking the first time that variant has been discovered outside of Africa.
·Japan
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First Reported Case of Mpox Outside of Africa in Sweden, WHO Declares a Global Emergency
It is the first confirmed case of the virus outside of Africa. The report comes a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox (or monkeypox) a global public health emergency for the second time in two years.
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