Thailand reports possible first case of mpox clade 1b

Thailand may have recorded its first case of the new and more transmissible strain of mpox from a European male, according to the country’s Department of Disease Control on Wednesday.

The department’s director-general, Dr Thongchai Keeratihuttayakorn, said they have yet to confirm whether it is a mpox clade 1b case.

He said the 66-year-old patient...