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Thailand says mpox detected in European who travelled from Africa

The WHO says the mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19 because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it [File: Michael Gonzalez/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign]

Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, health officials said.

Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of the Department of Disease Control, announced on Wednesday that the 66-year-old patient arrived in Thailand on August 14 from an African country, which was not identified.

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