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Posted on January 24, 2025
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France confirms its first case of the new mpox variant, linked to a WHO health emergency. The patient, in Brittany, had contact with travelers from Central Africa.
PARIS (Reuters) - France has identified its first case of the new mpox variant, news agency AFP reported on Monday, citing a statement from the country's health ministry.
The patient had not traveled to Central Africa, where the new form of the virus originated but was in contact with two people who had returned from that region, AFP reported, citing the ministry.
Health authorities are investigating the source of the infection and are working to trace all potential contacts, according to AFP.
The patient is a woman and was diagnosed in the northwestern region of Brittany at a hospital in Rennes, French regional newspaper Ouest France reported.
The new form of the mpox, called clade 1b variant, is linked to a global health emergency declared by the World Health Organization in August.
Neighboring Germany reported its first case in October, as did Britain.
(Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
The new form of mpox identified in France is called the clade 1b variant.
The first case of the new mpox variant was diagnosed in a hospital in Rennes, located in the northwestern region of Brittany.
The patient had not traveled to Central Africa but was in contact with two people who had returned from that region.
Health authorities are investigating the source of the infection and are working to trace all potential contacts.
The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency related to mpox in August.
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