The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on November 22 announced the country's first imported clade 1b mpox infection, marking the seventh country outside of Africa to report an illness involving the novel clade.

Manitoba has detected the first confirmed case of a recently identified lineage of mpox in Canada. The province said Friday it has identified the first confirmed case of clade Ib mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in the province. The Public Health Agency of Canada later confirmed it is the first case of clade I mpox in Canada.

PHAC reported its first case of clade I mpox. The individual sought medical care for mpox symptoms in Canada shortly after returning and is currently isolating. The WHO declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years in August after the outbreak of the new variant of the virus,

On November 22, 2024, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in Canada in an individual in Manitoba.

OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country’s first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it says the risk to the general population remains low. The agency says the travel-related case is associated with an ongoing outbreak of what’s known as clade 1 mpox in central and eastern Africa.

Canada's public health agency on Friday confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in Canada, in a person in Manitoba.The Public Health Agency of Canada s

The Public Health Agency of Canada said this travel-related case was associated with an ongoing outbreak of clade I mpox in central and eastern Africa. "The individual sought medical care for mpox symptoms in Canada shortly after their return and is currently isolating,