The ECDC says there have been 11 cases in Europe since August 2024, all mild.
The index patient had been in the DR Congo, and related infections were reported in 4 contacts.
The patient hadn't traveled to Central Africa but was a contact of two people who did.
Pakistan and Oman reported recent imported clade 1 mpox cases, both linked to UAE travel.
The survey of adults in 6 African nations finds 33% are reluctant to receive the mpox vaccine and 39% of parents are reluctant to have their children vaccinated.
The FDA upgraded a voluntary recall of organic, pasture-raised eggs sold by Costco stores to Class I, the agency's highest risk level, over Salmonella concerns.
Belgium reported the case on December 18 in an adult traveler returning from an African country where the clade 1b virus circulates.
Two African countries reported more circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases.
Africa CDC shared findings from a review of the response and said doses of the LC16 vaccine from Japan will arrive this week.
Germany had reported one other clade 1b case in October, and the patient recovered fully.
Activity continues to fluctuate across different countries, with cases of novel clade 1b continuing to rise.
Recent detections in Zimbabwe and Zambia were confirmed as the novel 1b clade.
UK health officials said the overall threat to the UK population remains low.
Seven countries outside of Africa have now reported imported clade 1b cases.
Some of the group's concerns include rising case numbers, expanding spread, and response challenges.
The vaccine will allow younger children, vulnerable to infections from household contact, to be immunized.
Meanwhile, Uganda’s outbreak is rapidly expanding, mostly involving intimate close-contact spread and among sexual networks.
The trial will be conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in partnership with Emergent BioSolutions.
The new UK mpox patient is another member of the index case's household.
Officials say the virus is highly infectious in households with close contact, so the illnesses aren't unexpected.
In other developments, Bavarian Nordic announces the launch of a clinical trial of its vaccine in younger children, and the WHO adds 2 more tests through emergency listing.
San Diego County officials said an area around 60 homes in Vista will be treated.
The case-patient recently traveled abroad, but few other details were given by the institute.
A substantial proportion of mpox infections were clinically undiagnosed.
The detections push the number of African countries reporting mpox cases to 17.
