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Xinhua News Agency, Helsinki, August 15 (Reporter Chen Jing and Xue Dongmei) Stockholm News: The Swedish Public Health Agency issued a statement on the 15th saying that a patient in the Stockholm area was confirmed to be infected with the monkeypox "branch I" strain.

Magnus Islen, an epidemiologist at the Swedish Public Health Agency, said the patient was infected while traveling in Africa, where the monkeypox "branch I" strain is more severe. The patient has received treatment and care in Sweden and complied with relevant prevention and control regulations.

The health department said that the "clade I" strain is similar to the disease caused by the "clade IIb" strain of monkeypox previously found in Sweden, but the disease is expected to be more severe and the mortality rate is higher. Sweden has previously reported about 300 cases of monkeypox, all of which are related to the spread of the "clade IIb" strain worldwide. The "clade IIb" strain is mainly transmitted through sexual contact, while the "clade I" strain is mainly transmitted through other contact routes, especially close contact within the family, often infecting children.

According to the Health Bureau, Sweden has prepared safety measures to diagnose, isolate and treat monkeypox cases. Islen said the epidemic situation will be closely monitored and whether new measures are needed will be continuously evaluated.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control considers the risk to public health from monkeypox patients currently being treated to be very low, but sporadic importations of such cases may continue to occur.

The World Health Organization announced on the 14th that the monkeypox epidemic constitutes an "emergency public health event of international concern." This is the second time since July 2022 that the WHO has issued the highest level warning stipulated in the International Health Regulations regarding the monkeypox epidemic.