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Sweden Records First Case of New Mpox Variant Outside Africa
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Sweden has reported a case of the new variant of the mpox virus, the first of its kind to be diagnosed outside the African continent.
The person was infected during a stay in a part of Africa where the new strain — which is related to a virulent version called clade I — is spreading, Sweden’s Public Health Agency said in a statement on its website.