The risk posed by Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, to Luxembourg’s population is “low”, the health ministry said on Friday, after a case of a new strain of the disease was detected in Sweden a day earlier.
Clade I of Mpox caused an epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo in November, spreading through the region, and on Thursday a first case of the strain was found in Sweden.
Sweden records first case of new Mpox variant outside Africa
It came as the World Health Organization declared the outbreak in Africa a global health emergency on Thursday.
Before the Swedish case, only clade II of Mpox had been registered in…
