Wednesday, 27 July 2022 – 01:58 WIB
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Monkeypox virus in undated micrograph. (ANTARA/Reuters/CDC/as)
jpnn.com, TOKYO – Japan confirmed its first case of monkeypox on Monday (25/7). According to the Tokyo government, a 30-year-old man tested positive for the disease.
The Tokyo city government said the man traveled abroad in late June to mid-July and had close contact with someone infected with monkeypox.
The man, who is currently under treatment at the hospital, began feeling unwell on July 15, as quoted from Kyodo, Monday (25/7).
Earlier this week, the Japanese government also held a meeting to discuss the steps to be taken to respond to a possible outbreak of monkeypox in the country, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox as an infectious disease outbreak and became a global health emergency.
Monkeypox infections have been reported since May in Central and West Africa and the disease is endemic.
Symptoms of monkeypox, transmitted through close physical contact, include fever, severe rash, skin sores and swollen lymph nodes after an incubation period of 5-21 days.
According to the WHO, monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus and is a zoonotic infection, which can be transmitted from animals to humans as well as from humans to humans.
Monkeypox can be transmitted through close contact with sufferers.
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