United States on Saturday said the first known case of a more severe strain of the monkeypox (Mpox) virus was reported in California. The case involves an individual who recently returned from Eastern Africa.

A recent case of the more severe Clade I mpox strain has been identified in California, marking the first instance in the United States. The infected individual had recently traveled to East Africa and is currently isolated at home.

The United States has confirmed its first known case of clade 1 mpox, a more severe strain of the virus, in California.

The United States’ first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. The risk of clade I mpox to the public remains low,

Four cases of the Clade 1b variant have been confirmed in the UK, all of them belonging to the same household, and health officials say the overall risk to the population remains low.

The UK reported on Tuesday two additional cases of a newly emerging variant of mpox, known as clade 1b, raising the country's total count to three.

US health officials reported the first case of a more aggressive mpox strain in California on Saturday. The US government’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the strain,

Health officials on Saturday said they've identified the first person in the U.S. infected with an mpox strain that has recently prompted global health alerts over concerns about its spread, severity and transmissibility.

A case of clade of I mpox has been confirmed in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday, marking the first case of the strain the United States. The CDC said the case was diagnosed in a person who recently traveled from Eastern Africa.

A new strain of mpox has been confirmed on American shores after a traveler returned to California from a visit to Africa, but risk to the public remains "very low."