Egypt detects 1st monkeypox case
STORY: Egypt detects 1st monkeypox case
DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022
LENGTH: 0:00:56
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: HEALTH
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2. various of the Health Ministry
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4. various of an airport
STORYLINE:
Egypt has detected its first monkeypox case in an Egyptian who has residency in a European country and frequently visits it, the health ministry said late Wednesday.
"The 42-year-old man has been quarantined in a specialized isolation hospital, and his condition was stable," the ministry reported in a statement.
The statement added that the case was detected amid ordinary epidemiological monitoring procedures by the ministry, noting that preventive measures approved by the World Health Organization have been taken with the patient and the people in direct contact with him.
The statement did not reveal the name of the European country.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
(XHTV)
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