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Germany confirms its first case of infection with the new mpox variant

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[Síguenos ahora también en WhatsApp. Da clic aquí] He Robert Koch Institutereference organization in the field of infectious disease control, has confirmed this Tuesday first case V Germany new

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He Robert Koch Institutereference organization in the field of infectious disease control, has confirmed this Tuesday first case V Germany new clade 1b mpox disease variantformerly known as monkeypox.

The organization reported that the person became infected in foreign.

This second case new version 1b c Europe. The first was discovered in August last year in Sweden in a person who recently traveled to an African country where he became infected with the disease.

Unlike the strain that triggered the 2022 warning, which is primarily sexually transmitted, this new option infected daily contactswhich explains why it also affects children in African countries where the epidemic occurs.

At the beginning of September last year, the director of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Pamela Rendi-Wagneremphasized that risk for the population of Europe compared to the MP is “short“, and asked to keep in mind that we are not facing a “new covid”.

“Institute does not currently imply greater risk clade I viruses in Germany, but is monitoring the situation very closely and adapting its recommendations if necessary,” the institute’s website states.

IN AugustThe World Health Organization (WHO) stated: “public health emergency of international importance” due to the growing spread mpox in Africa.

He mpox virus Transmitted mainly during close skin-to-skin contactfor example, during sexual relations or intimate hugs, massages and kisses.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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