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Europe Must Prepare For More Mpox Cases – EU Health Agency

It recommends that public health authorities in the EU/EEA maintain high levels of preparedness planning and awareness-raising activities.


(FILES) A pharmacist administers a dose of Imvanex, a vaccine to protect against Monkeypox virus, at a pharmacy in Lille, northern France. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)

 

The European Union health agency on Friday urged its members states to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox, a day after Sweden announced the first case outside Africa.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said it “recommends that public health authorities in the EU/EEA maintain high levels of preparedness planning and awareness-raising activities to enable rapid detection and response”. More more cases were “highly likely”, it said.