Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Japan confirms first case monkey pox (monkeypox). The disease was detected in a man in his 30s who had previously traveled abroad.
“He is a man in his 30s with a history of overseas travel who has returned from Europe. This is the first case of monkeypox in Japan,” Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told reporters. AFPTuesday (26/7/2022).
The man has now been treated in a hospital in the capital. However, there are no further details about this case.
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The monkeypox case was reported hours after the Japanese government convened a task force meeting to gather information and formulate a monkeypox strategy at a local treatment center. That was after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global health emergency and called on world countries to be vigilant on Saturday.
According to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tally published on July 22, monkeypox has affected more than 16,800 people in 74 countries. A spike in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May outside West and Central African countries where the disease is endemic.
From a New England Journal of Medicine study, 95% of cases have been transmitted through sexual activity. Meanwhile, the EU’s executive body has approved the Imvanex smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox.
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