discuss the outbreak and assess the threat level. its european chief, hans kluge, expressed concern that infections could accelerate in europe as people gather for parties and festivals over the summer. on 14 june, the who announced plans to rename the disease from monkeypox to mpox in order to combat stigma and racism surrounding the disease. another meeting convened on 23 june determined that the outbreak does not constitute a public health emergency of international concern for the time being. countries the majority of european countries responded to the outbreak, and the responses of some are listed below. belgium: the risk assessment group (rag) and health authorities declared that those infected with mpox must self-isolate for 21 days. germany: fabian leendertz of the robert koch institute described the outbreak as an epidemic that will not last long: "the cases can be well isolated via contact tracing and there are also drugs and effective vaccines that can be used if necessary." ireland: the health service executive (hse) has set up a multidisciplinary incident management team to prepare for the possible arrival of mpox, and infectious diseases experts are on alert for patients with symptoms of the virus. kosovo: on 23 may, the ministry of health and the national public health institute, have drafted a document of recommendations and measures to help prevent the spread of the disease. in a press statement, healthcare authorities have declared that the situation is being closely monitored. luxembourg: on 21 may, the ministry of health said that they are monitoring the situation with its europe. he national infectious diseases department of the hlc and refrain from close contact activities until the infection has resolved. united kingdom: on 22 may, education secretary nadhim zahawi said "we're taking it very, very seriously" and that the uk government had already started purchasing smallpox vaccines. the terrence higgins trust and british association for sexual health and hiv (bashh) expressed concern about the impact on sexual health services in the united kingdom. dependent territories gibraltar: on 31 may, a strategic coordination group met to discuss gibraltar's state of preparedness in the eventuality that a case of mpox was confirmed in the territory amid the rapid rise of cases in the united kingdom and spain. cases per country and territory this is a table of confirmed and suspected mpox cases in european countries during the ongoing 2022–2023 mpox outbreak. it does not include countries where suspected cases were reported but later discarded. (as of 13 july 2022) cases of mpox by countries of europe (last updated on as of 8 july 2022) country confirmed suspected total last update first confirmed case last confirmed case andorra 1 — 1 8 july 2022 2 july 2022 austria 83 — 83 14 july 2022 22 may 2022 belgium 225 1 226 14 july 2022 19 may 2022 bosnia and herzegovina 1 — 1 13 july 2022 13 july 2022 bulgaria 3 — 3 5 july 2022 23 june 2022 croatia 3 — 3 12 july 2022 23 june 2022 czech republic 12 — 12 13 july 2022 24 may 2022 denmark 32 — 32 13 july 2022 23 may 2022 estonia 2 — 2 5 july 2022 28 june 2022 finland 13 — 13 11 july 2022 27 may 2022 france 912 — 912 12 july 2022 20 may 2022 georgia 2 — 2 28 june 2022 15 june 2022 germany 1,859 — 1,859 15 july 2022 20 may 2022 gibraltar 5 — 5 14 july 2022 1 june 2022 greece 12 — 12 13 july 2022 8 june 2022 hungary 28 — 28 13 july 2022 31 may 2022 iceland 6 — 6 7 july 2022 9 june 2022 ireland 85 — 85 27 july 2022 27 may 2022 italy 339 — 339 15 july 2022 19 may 2022 latvia 2 — 2 5 july 2022 3 june 2022 luxembourg 7 — 7 5 july 2022 15 june 2022 malta 9 — 9 13 july 2022 28 may 2022 netherlands 549 — 549 14 july 2022 20 may 2022 norway 35 — 35 14 july 2022 31 may 2022 poland 22 — 22 13 july 2022 10 june 2022 portugal 515 — 515 14 july 2022 18 may 2022 romania 16 — 16 14 july 2022 13 june 2022 russia 1 — 1 12 july 2022 12 july 2022 serbia 5 — 5 14 july 2022 17 june 2022 slovakia 1 — 1 7 july 2022 7 july 2022 slovenia 19 — 19 13 july 2022 24 may 2022 spain 4,371 62 4,433 12 july 2022 18 may 2022 sweden 58 — 58 13 july 2022 19 may 2022 switzerland 181 — 181 13 july 2022 21 may 2022 ukraine 3 — 3 22 september 2022 15 september 2022 united kingdom 2,469 — 2,469 14 july 2022 6 may 2022 total 10,005 82 10,087 — timeline of first confirmed cases by country or territory first confirmed mpox cases by country or territory date countries / territories 6 may 2022 united kingdom 18 may 2022 spain • portugal 19 may 2022 belgium • italy • sweden 20 may 2022 france • germany • netherlands 21 may 2022 switzerland 22 may 2022 austria 23 may 2022 denmark 24 may 2022 czech republic • slovenia 27 may 2022 finland • ireland 28 may 2022 malta 31 may 2022 hungary • norway 1 june 2022 gibraltar 3 june 2022 latvia 8 june 2022 greece 9 june 2022 iceland 10 june 2022 poland 13 june 2022 romania 15 june 2022 luxembourg • georgia 17 june 2022 serbia 23 june 2022 bulgaria • croatia 28 june 2022 estonia 2 july 2022 andorra 7 july 2022 slovakia 12 july 2022 russia 13 july 2022 bosnia and herzegovina 15 september 2022 ukraine timeline of suspected cases by country or territory countries listed below had only suspected cases at the time of reporting. some countries reported confirmed cases after reporting suspected cases. countries listed several times reported suspected cases again after they discarded suspected cases before. timeline of suspected mpox cases by country or territory date countries / territories 20 may 2022 greece (discounted on 22 may) 5 june 2022 georgia (confirmed on 15 june) as of 11 july 2022, 33 european countries and territories have been affected by the pandemic.