Reacción a "New variant of mpox confirmed in Sweden"

The appearance of a case mpox disease caused by clade 1 mpox virus in Sweden is clearly a concerning development. It is not surprising, given the severity and spread of the outbreak in Africa, that travel between continents has brought this case to Europe. There will likely be more here and in and other parts of the world as there are currently no mechanisms in place to stop imported cases of mpox happening. The timing of this case comes less than 24 hours after the WHO's PHEIC declaration and only 15 months after the WHO ended the previous mpox PHEIC in May 2023. The lack of activity in the intervening period has resulted in what could now become a new global outbreak. There should have been a greater effort to produce and distribute vaccines to the affected areas, but this has not happened. It is possible to address these problems but this requires rapid international co-operation.