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Authorities Sweden confirmed first case of mpoxformerly known as monkeypox, from new strain more seriously after World Health Organization (WHO) will declare an international health emergency.

“We have confirmed that we have a case of the most serious type of mpox in Sweden, called Treasure 1“This is something we take very seriously,” explained Health and Social Affairs Minister Jakob Forssmed at a press conference on Thursday.

For my part, director general Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, Olivia Wigzellexplained in detail what it is first positive case outside the African continent and that the person became infected precisely during a trip to an area of ​​Africa with an active outbreak of this strain.

“The fact that a patient in the country is being treated with Ompox it doesn’t have any risk For population“,” he noted, recalling that the European Infection Prevention and Control Agency (ECDC) considers the risk of spread to be “low.”

He Epidemiologist of the Department of Public Health, Magnus GieslenHe said at a press conference that the infected person had received medical care in Stockholm, adding that the case did not require “any additional infection control measures.”