WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the spread of the virus was “deeply worrying.” Photo: Reuters
Sweden yesterday confirmed its first case of the viral infection mpox. It was also the first case outside Africa, a day after the WHO declared the disease a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, in response to rising cases in Africa.
The Swedish Public Health Agency said in a statement that the patient recently sought medical care in Stockholm.