Mpox outbreak reaches Europe as first case of more infectious virus variant found in Sweden

The first case of Monkeypox has been detected outside of Africa, health authorities have confirmed. Sweden's Public Health Agency said in a press conference this afternoon that it has monitored a case of the more infectious variant of the disease - also known as mpox - inside its borders. Olivia Wigzell, the agency's Acting Director General, said the case of the new variant - named clade 1 - is the first to have been discovered outside of Africa.

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