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Experts warn that it is only a matter of time before more cases of the new contagious variant of monkeypox (mpox Clade Ib) are identified in Europe. This follows the first imported case reported in Sweden a week ago.

Your Eminence Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and All Finland,
Beloved Brother Hierarchs of the Holy Archdiocese of Finland,
Reverend Fathers,
Honorable State Representatives,
Esteemed Leaders and Members of the Skolt Sámi Community,
Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

On January 11, 2024, Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had suddenly resigned from his position as technical director of Karlstad 11 months earlier, shocked the global football community by announcing in a radio interview that he had not only been diagnosed with cancer but had only a few months left to live.

The Sad End

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Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox are seen from a cooler at a vaccinations site on Aug. 29, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. African health officials said mpox cases have spiked by 160% in the last year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of effective treatments or vaccines on the continent

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing a sharp rise in mpox cases and deaths as it awaits vaccine shipments from the United States and Japan, the country's health minister reported on Monday.

The Philippines on Monday reported its first case of mpox this year, but the health department was still determining whether it was the new and dangerous variant sparking global alarm.

A deadly and more transmissible strain of the virus known as Clade 1b has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and been detected in Sweden and Pakistan in recent days.

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This file photo taken on August 9, 2022 shows vials of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine are prepared at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California.

Pakistan said Friday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.