Sweden reports first case of more contagious mpox strain
WHO-MPox
Sweden on Thursday (August 15) registered Europe's first case of the more dangerous variant of the mpox which is spreading rapidly in Africa. This comesa day after the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency.
"We have now [...] had confirmation that we have one case in Sweden of the more grave type of mpox, the one called Clade I," Sweden's Health and Social Affairs Minister Jakob Forssmed told a press conference on Thursday.
Sweden’s Public Health Agency said: "It is the first case caused by clade I to be diagnosed outside the African continent."
The WHO on Wednesday (August 14) declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of clade 1 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has quickly spread to neighbouring countries.
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Clade 1 was likely to be linked to "a higher rise of a more severe course of disease and higher mortality," the Swedish public health agency said.
Sweden's mpox patient
The patient caught the virus during a visit to "the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak of mpox clade I," Magnus Gisslen, a state epidemiologist, was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.
The patient "has received care", he said.
The Swedish public health agency said that Sweden "has a preparedness to diagnose, isolate and treat people with mpox safely."
"The fact that a patient with mpox is treated in the country does not affect the risk to the general population, a risk that the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) currently considers very low," it said.
Mpox is primarily spread through close contact, such as sex, skin-to-skin contact and speaking or breathing close to another person.
The disease causes a characteristic lumpy rash with pus-filled lesions, fever, aches, and pains. It has also been linked to dangerous complications for pregnant women including miscarriage.
(With inputs from agencies)