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France confirms first case of new mpox virus amid WHO global alert

Colorised transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (red) cultivated and purified from cell culture. © NIAID/NIH/CC

France's health ministry confirmed its first case of a new mpox virus. The detection comes just weeks after the World Health Organization upheld its highest alert level in response to the ongoing epidemic.

A case of the clade 1b variant was confirmed in the Brittany region, western France, and "the recommended oversight measures have been implemented", the health ministry said in a statement.

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