HCM City has recorded four monkeypox cases since 2022. (Illustrative image: Ministry of Health) Showing suspected symptoms,the 34-year-old male patient visited the HCM City Hospital of Dermato-venereologyon September 28 for a check-up. The test result from the HCM City PasteurInstitute one day later confirmed this is a monkeypox case.
Heresides in Binh Chanh district and hasn’t had any contact with foreigners orgone abroad recently, according to the survey conducted by the city’s Centrefor Disease Control (HCDC).
The patient has been quarantined fortreatment.
The HCDC said persons who used tohave close contact with him haven’t shown suspected symptoms. They were askedto self-monitor their health for 21 days and report to local clinics if thereare any suspected symptoms.
On September 22, HCM City detected amonkeypox infection who is from nearby Dong Nai province. This male patient alsohadn’t had contact with foreigners or gone abroad before that.
The city has recorded four monkeypoxcases since 2022, including two female patients returning from abroad./.
VNA
