Thailand says mpox case recorded in foreigner travelling from AfricaThe director-general did not name the African country. ![<div class="paragraphs"><p>A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration.</p></div>](https://images.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/2024-08-21/ib2x3x7n/A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration)
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A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration.
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Bangkok: 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, a disease control official said on Wednesday.
Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 form of mpox, as the person had arrived on Aug. 14 from an African country where it was spreading, Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, told Reuters.
The director-general did not name the African country.