Germany has detected its first case of the new mpox variant. This was announced on Tuesday by the Robert Koch Institute for public health which added that the risk to the the wider population is viewed as low.
The state health ministry says the patient is a 33-year-old man who was isolated after being admitted to hospital for treatment on October 12.
The case was detected in Cologne.
The results of more detailed testing showed on October 18 that the patient had the clade 1b variant, a new form of the virus linked to a global health emergency declared by the World Health Organization in August.
The current outbreak originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has spread to neighbouring countries.
The patient in Germany is thought to have picked up the virus in an east African country.
The health ministry says it was monitoring the situation closely and would adapt its risk assessment if necessary.
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