Sweden reports first case of highly-infectious mpox virus outside Africa amid outbreak there
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Sweden's public health agency on Thursday said that the country had recorded a first known case of the newer mpox variant that originated in the Congo.
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Magnus Gisslen, a state epidemiologist with the Swedish health agency, said the person had been treated and given "rules of conduct." Story tips and ideas can be sent to sarah.rumpf@fox.com and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
"The fact that a patient with mpox is treated in the country does not affect the risk to the general population," Swedish officials said.
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