AXIOS August 15, 2024
Ivana Saric

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency as a deadly new strain of mpox is spreading through parts of Africa.

The big picture: This is the second time in just over two years that the WHO has declared mpox — previously known as monkeypox — to be a global emergency.

The latest: Sweden’s public health agency announced Thursday that it had confirmed the first known case of the new mpox strain outside of Africa.

  • The patient has received treatment in Stockholm after contracting the virus in a part of Africa where the new strain is currently circulating, the agency noted.

Flashback: The WHO issued its first declaration over mpox in July 2022, after the...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID
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