(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Cyprus confirmed its first case of monkeypox on Tuesday, a
health ministry spokesman said, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
The patient is a 40-year-old man with recent travel history, the
spokesman said without revealing the name of the country he had
traveled to.
The spokesman said the man sought medical help on Monday after
developing early symptoms of an infection.
The infection was confirmed on Tuesday through a molecular
laboratory test at the Nicosia General Hospital where the patient
is being treated in a special ward reserved for monkeypox cases, he
added.
The spokesman said there had previously been 11 false alarms of
suspected cases in Cyprus, which helped medical authorities test
protocols prepared after the first monkeypox cases were reported by
the World Health Organization.
A health ministry statement said that anyone with symptoms
including fever, headache, muscle pain, back pain, lymphadenopathy,
chills and exhaustion, followed by a rash appearing one to five
days after the onset of symptoms, will be considered a suspected
case and required to have a PCR test.
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