Taiwan confirms first imported case of monkeypox
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[June 24, 2022]
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's
government on Friday confirmed its first imported case of monkeypox, a
man in his 20s who had studied in Germany from January until June this
year when he returned to the island.
Taiwan's Centres for Disease Control said the man flew back to Taiwan on
June 16 and returned home for mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for all
arrivals.
On June 20 he developed symptoms including a fever, sore throat and a
rash and sought medical attention, where he was tested and confirmed to
have monkeypox, it added in a statement.
He is now being treated in an isolation ward and his close contacts are
showing no symptoms, it said.
In the Asia Pacific, Singapore, South Korea and Australia have also all
reported cases.
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Test tube labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" is seen in this
illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2022/Jun/24/images/ads/current/humanesociety_sda022411.png) More than 40 countries where
monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral
disease as confirmed cases exceed 3,000.
Monkeypox, which spreads through close contact and was first found
in monkeys, mostly occurs in west and central Africa and only very
occasionally spreads elsewhere.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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