International News : The World Health Organization had warned about the growing threat of Mpox, and now the first case of Mpox has been confirmed in Sweden outside Africa. A day earlier, the World Health Organization had declared this disease a global public health emergency for the second time in two years. Olivia Wigzell, Director General of the Swedish Public Health Agency, said in a press conference that the infected person came under the grip of the virus while living in a part of Africa, where this disease is spreading on a large scale. Sweden's Health Minister said, 'It has been confirmed that there is a case of a more serious type of Mpox in Sweden, called Clade-I.'

Ampox is spreading rapidly.

Ampox is spreading rapidly in 13 African countries, including Congo. So far, 524 people have died from this disease. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus held a media briefing after the IHR Emergency Committee meeting on the rise of approx. He said that this is the second time in three years that ampox has reached emergency status; WHO is working on the outbreak of ampox in Africa.

The outbreak has steadily increased.

The World Health Organisation's Director-General has said that WHO is committed to coordinating the global response in the coming days and weeks, working closely with each affected country to contain the spread of the disease, treat those infected, and save lives. Cases of ampox have been reported in Congo for more than a decade, and the number of cases reported has steadily increased each year. Last year, there was a significant increase in reported cases, and the number of cases reported so far this year has exceeded the previous year's total, with more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths.