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[Xinhua News Agency Micro Special] The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said on the 16th that more patients infected with the monkeypox "branch I" strain are expected to travel to Europe, and it is recommended that European countries issue travel warnings for people traveling to and from areas affected by the monkeypox epidemic.

The day before, the Swedish Public Health Agency issued a communiqué saying that a patient in the Stockholm area was confirmed to be infected with the monkeypox "branch I" strain. This is the first confirmed case of this strain outside the African continent, and the patient had traveled to Africa.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur quoted experts as saying that this new strain may cause more serious illness than previous strains. However, monkeypox is usually not easy to spread and can only be infected through direct contact.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said the risk of infection after close contact with an imported case of suspected or confirmed infection with the new strain of monkeypox is "moderate". The centre said the likelihood of continued spread of monkeypox in Europe is very low as long as imported cases are diagnosed quickly and control measures are taken.

On the 14th, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the monkeypox outbreak constitutes an "international public health emergency." The last time the WHO issued this highest level of alert for the monkeypox outbreak was in July 2022, and the alert was lifted in May 2023.

Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis. The initial symptoms of monkeypox in humans include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes, which can then develop into a large rash on the face and body. Most infected people recover within a few weeks, but some become seriously ill or even die. (End) (Zhang Jing)