As EODY announced, this is a man with a recent taxi
The first case of smallpox in monkeys was detected in Greece.
As EODY announced, this is a man with a recent trip to Portugal.
The patient is hospitalized in a stable condition.
The announcement in detail
As of June 7, a total of 577 cases of smallpox have been reported in 18 European countries, as well as 437 cases in 10 countries outside Europe.
Today, 08/06/2022, a case with clinical symptoms compatible with the disease was reported to EODY by the “Andreas Syggros” Hospital.
This is a man with a recent trip to Portugal.
The initial test carried out at the Agency’s Central Public Health Laboratory for non-variola orthopox virus species, including the monkeypox virus, was positive.
The samples have been sent to the Laboratory of Microbiology of the Medical School of AUTh for the genomic confirmation of the monkey pox virus.
The patient is hospitalized in a stable condition.
According to the epidemiological data available so far, the risk to the general population is still low, as the disease is usually mild and self-limiting and the disease is characterized by relatively low transmissibility.
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