The news out of Sweden follows the World Health Organization declaring mpox a global emergency.
Sweden announced on Thursday it has identified an individual infected the more infectious form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo.'A person who sought care at Region Stockholm has been diagnosed with mpox caused by the clade I variant. It is the first case caused by clade I to be diagnosed outside the African continent,' Sweden's public health agency said in a statement.
According to the Associated Press , health officials in Sweden said 'the fact that a patient with mpox is treated in the country does not affect the risk to the general population,' noting that experts have predicted the risk to be 'very low.''Mpox is classified as dangerous to public health which means that there is a preparedness for infection control measures such as tracing, testing and rules of conduct.
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