First human death linked to bird flu in the United States

Avian flu virus apparently mutated in the body of an American patient

The ministry recalls that four countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) have identified cases of clade 1b mpox since this summer: Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom and Belgium.

The risk of infection by Monkeypox clade I for the general population in France and Europe is considered low by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the press release further notes.

“But sporadic cases, linked to countries with more intense viral circulation, can occur.”

An outbreak of “highly pathogenic” avian flu detected on a farm in France

Mpox is characterized by skin lesions, such as pustules, high fever and muscle pain.

Identified for the first time in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease remained confined to around ten African countries for a long time.

But in 2022, it began to spread to the rest of the world, particularly developed countries where the virus had never circulated.

Two concurrent epidemics are occurring, one caused by clade 1 in Central Africa, mainly affecting children, and another by the new variant, clade 1b, which affects adults in another region, in eastern DRC. , and in neighboring countries.