As noted in the announcement of EODY, the risk of disease remains low for the general population and all necessary measures have been taken to limit the spread of the disease.
As “Suspicious” case of smallpox in monkeys treats the case of a man who has been hospitalized since yesterday morning at the University General Hospital Of Larissa.
According to information from the newspaper “Politia”, this is Larissa, who developed rashes and went to the hospital, where the medical staff deemed it necessary to further investigate the incident, as provided by the relevant protocols of EODY. The man, aged about 50, is said to has returned from successive trips abroadwhile it has also been found positive for the coronavirus, as a result of which it means an alarm to the health authorities. Sample of the incident has been sent to a special laboratory in Thessaloniki, in order to confirm or rule out the possibility of smallpox disease.
EODY report:
In yesterday’s announcement ΕΟΔΥ It is emphasized that in Greece three imported cases of monkey pox have been confirmed in the laboratory (data 23.06.2022), while the laboratory test of an additional patient is expected to be completed, with a recent travel history, for which the initial sample test for non-variola orthopox species viruses, including monkey pox virus, were positive.
As noted in the announcement of EODY, the risk of disease remains low for the general population and all necessary measures have been taken to limit the spread of the disease.
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