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Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/02/06/first-case-of-new-mpox-strain-detected-in-ireland/
First case of new mpox strain detected in Ireland
HSE says risk to public ‘remains low’, with individual receiving specialist care in east of country
Colin Gleeson
Thu Feb 06 2025 - 18:15
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has detected one imported case of a strain of mpox in an Irish resident who had recently returned to Ireland from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The individual is now receiving specialist care in a hospital in the east of the country. The HSE said the risk to the Irish public “remains low”.
This is the first detected case of clade I mpox in Ireland...
First case of new mpox strain detected in Ireland
HSE says risk to public ‘remains low’, with individual receiving specialist care in east of country
Colin Gleeson
Thu Feb 06 2025 - 18:15
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has detected one imported case of a strain of mpox in an Irish resident who had recently returned to Ireland from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The individual is now receiving specialist care in a hospital in the east of the country. The HSE said the risk to the Irish public “remains low”.
This is the first detected case of clade I mpox in Ireland...