Sweden's public health agency said on Thursday that the country had recorded a first known case of the newer mpox variant that originated in the Congo.
Swedish health authorities announced the first case of the highly-infectious mpox just a day after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency for the outbreaks in Africa. In this case, a person was infected during a stay in the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak of ,' the Public Health Agency of Sweden announced on Thursday. Magnus Gisslen, a state epidemiologist with the Swedish health agency, said the person had been treated and given 'rules of conduct.
The announcement of an infected resident in the Scandinavian country comes just a day after WHO declared the mpox outbreak a global emergency. The U.N. health agency said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths this year, which already exceed last year's figures. So far, more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in Congo. What is mpox? Mpox, also known as monkeypox, was first identified by scientists in 1958 when there were outbreaks of a 'pox-like' disease in monkeys.
Scientists in Europe have maintained that although mpox is transmittable and highly-contagious, advanced healthcare in Sweden and other rich countries can stop the transmission before it becomes an epidemic. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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