Sweden confirms first case of mpox

FILE PHOTO: People stroll along the Standvagen quayside in Stockholm, Sweden, November 20, 2020. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via REUTERS/File Photo

Sweden confirms first case of mpox

Sweden said on Thursday it had confirmed a first case of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact.

Earlier on Thursday, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to other countries.

"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 a news conference.

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