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Agence France-Presse

Reuters

Thailand on Thursday confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside Africa.
The case is a 66-year-old European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country where the disease was spreading.
“The test results confirm that he is infected with the Clade 1b strain of monkeypox, which is the first case diagnosed in Thailand, but this man is likely infected from an endemic country,” Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, director general of the Department of Disease Control, told Reuters.
He said no other local infections had been detected through contact tracing.
Clade 1b has triggered global concern due to the ease with which it spreads though routine close contact.
A case of the variant was confirmed last week in Sweden and linked to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent.


The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency of international concern after the new variant was identified.
Thailand on Wednesday said the man confirmed as having mpox had transited in a Middle Eastern country, which he also did not name, before flying on to Thailand.
Thailand has detected 800 cases of mpox Clade 2 since 2022, but so far not detected a case of the Clade 1 or Clade 1b variants.
While mpox has been known for decades, a new deadlier and more transmissible strain – known as Clade 1b – has driven the recent surge in cases.
Clade 1b causes death in about 3.6 per cent of cases, with children more at risk, according to the WHO.
Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of the Thai Department of Disease Control, said mpox was much less likely to spread rapidly than Covid-19 because of the close contact needed to catch it.


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Thailand confirms Clade 1b mpox case, second outside Africa

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control on the outskirts of Bangkok. Thailand has detected 800 cases of mpox Clade 2 since 2022, but so far not detected a case of the Clade 1 or Clade 1b variants. Photo: EPA-EFE

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World Health Organization (WHO) logo displayed on a smartphone in front of test tubes labelled ‘mpox’. Photo: dpa

Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for mpox at a vaccinations site in New York. Photo: AP

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A medical staff labels an mpox sample taken from a patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on August 19. Photo: EPA-EFE

WHO European director, Hans Kluge says that mpox is unlike previous global pandemics such as Covid-19. Photo: AFP

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A health worker speaks to women about mpox prevention at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo, on August 16. Photo: AP 

A woman walks past a sign that reads stop monkeypox at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo, Friday, August 16. Photo: AP

A health worker attends to a girl suffering from mpox, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo, on August 16. Photo: AP

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The case is a 66-year-old man confirmed as having mpox who had transited in a Middle Eastern country before arriving in Thailand


Thailand has detected 800 cases of mpox Clade 2 since 2022, but so far not detected a case of the Clade 1 or Clade 1b variants.


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Africa

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