News Center- After Sweden reported the first case of highly infectious mpox virus, formerly monkeypox, outside Africa, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), called on the affected countries to tackle the virus together.

“Identification of the first mpox clade 1b infection in Sweden underscores the need for affected countries to tackle the virus together,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, said Friday on social media platform X.

“We encourage all countries to enhance surveillance, share data, and work to better understand the transmission; share tools like vaccines; and apply lessons learned from prior public health emergencies of international concern in addressing the current outbreak.”