New confirmed case of m-pox in Oslo – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

The Institute of Public Health (FHI) confirms that one new case of smallpox has been discovered in Oslo. – Oslo municipality has notified us according to normal routines about one case of mpox, says Preben Aavitsland at FHI to news. FHI is now supporting the municipality in handling the outbreak, which is of the “Type ll” type. It was the type of virus that caused a major outbreak, particularly in Europe and North America, in 2022. Smallpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a contagious viral disease that belongs to the same family as smallpox. WHO: An “international public health crisis” In summary, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the disease has been documented for ten years in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recently, it has been detected in countries such as Sweden, India and Pakistan. Typical symptoms include fever, rash, headache, muscle pain and swollen lymph nodes. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Christopher Black / Reuters Infection between humans occurs through close contact, either through skin-to-skin contact or by sharing contaminated objects. In the same month, Minister of Health and Care Jan Christian Vestre (Ap) stated that Norway has good preparedness against smallpox. – Norway has very good health preparedness and a health service that is well equipped to treat mpox infection. We also have good access to vaccines, Vestre said in a press release. Minister of Health and Care Jan Christian Vestre (Ap). Photo: ISMAIL BURAK AKKAN / news A couple of days before Vestre’s statement, the European Infection Control Agency (ECDC) had raised the risk level for smallpox from low to moderate, as part of their precautions against further spread in Europe. Different type of virus than in Central Africa According to Oslo municipality, the case in Oslo is not the same type of virus that was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023. – The confirmed case is of Type II, which is the same type that circulated after a worldwide outbreak in 2022 and of which there have been over a hundred cases of infection in Norway in the past. Published 22.10.2024, at 13.55 Updated 22.10.2024, at 2 p.m



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