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Posted on December 27, 2024
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Kosovo reports its first monkeypox case in a man who returned from Africa. Health authorities are monitoring the situation closely.
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo health authorities said on Friday they had detected the country's first case of monkeypox (mpox), in a man who had recently returned from Africa.
Kosovo's Institute of Public Health said a 30-year old Kosovo citizen was admitted to hospital on Dec. 24 after returning from a west African country. It did not name the country.
"His symptoms were fever, chills, and skin changes in face and hands," the institute said in a statement, adding that the patient appeared stable.
The health authorities have traced all people the patient was in contact with and shared recommendations for infection prevention and control measures, it said.
The World Health Organization said in late November that the mpox outbreak continued to represent a public health emergency.
The agency declared an emergency in August, when a new form of mpox spread from the badly-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.
Monkeypox is a usually a mild viral infection. Symptoms include fever, headaches and skin lesions.
(Reporting by Fatos Bytyci; Editing by Kate Mayberry)
The article discusses Kosovo's first detected case of monkeypox in a man returning from Africa.
Symptoms include fever, chills, headaches, and skin lesions.
They are tracing contacts and sharing infection prevention measures.
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