A case of the nueva variant of the virus mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has been detected in Germany in a patient who had traveled abroad, as reported this Tuesday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
“On October 18, 2024, it was detected in Germany an infection with the new clade 1b that was acquired abroad,” the institution stated on its website, referring to the new type of virus mpox.
He RKI He added that he will continue his work of closely monitoring the situation and that at this time the risk for the health of the vast majority of the population in Germany is “reduced.”
As confirmed to EFE the Ministry of Health of the federal state of Rhineland North-Westphalia, the person infected with this nueva variant of the virus He is a 33-year-old man who is currently isolated and under medical treatment in a hospital in that ‘Land’ of western Germany.
“On October 17, he underwent a test PCR who tested positive for mpox and the next day the analysis who detected that it is the nueva variant of the virus“, they stated from said ministry.
Last August, the World Health Organization (OMS) declared the current outbreak of mpox in Central Africa, caused by nueva and more lethal variantas an emergency health public with international reach.
Last week, the African Union health body (UA) reported that to date they have been counted since the beginning of the outbreak about 1,100 deaths and 42,438 infections in its 18 member states.
The first case outside Africa
- The first case outside Africa in the current outbreak of mpox was detected in mid-August in Swedenwhich was followed by others in countries such as India or Morocco.
- The first variant of mpoxthe least lethal, was detected for the first time in Germany in May 2022 and since then the RKI has registered approximately 3,700 casesnone of them lethal, most of them until autumn 2022.
According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC by its acronym in English), until October 10 they have registered in Europa 28.176 cases of the first variant of mpox.
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