Sweden confirms first case of mpox strain outside Africa

Sweden Reports First Case of New Mpox Strain as Africa Outbreak Continues

FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- As an outbreak of a new strain of mpox continues in Africa, Sweden announced Thursday that it has confirmed the first case in

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.

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.

WHO confirms first case of new mpox outside of Africa

A new variant of the mpox virus, previously known as the monkeypox virus, has been detected outside Africa.

Sweden confirms first case of mpox, UN warns of potential virus spread

Sweden confirmed its first case of the viral infection mpox on Thursday (August 15), which was also the first case outside Africa, a day after the WHO

Mpox outbreak spreads to Sweden as new strain found outside Africa, WHO warns of rapid international spread

STOCKHOLM, Aug 16 — Global health officials yesterday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organisation declared the disease a global public health emergency. Swedish health officials said at a press conference that the person was infected while in Africa with the clade Ib type of mpox inv…