He is a man in his thirties who recently returned from abroad
A fifth case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Israel, the Health Ministry reported Wednesday followingnoon.
The new patient is a man in his 30s who recently returned from abroad and presented to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv with symptoms, according to the ministry.
The case was confirmed to be monkeypox following a laboratory test at the Israel Institute for Biological Research.
Europe is at the center of the spread of monkeypox, the European office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, which is concerned regarding the risk of the disease taking hold.
“Europe remains the epicenter of this growing wave, with 25 countries reporting more than 1,500 cases, or 85% of the global total,” WHO director Hans Kluge told a press conference. Europe, which brings together 53 countries including some from Central Asia.
For the UN institution, the priority is to contain the transmission.
“The scale of this epidemic presents a real risk: the longer the virus circulates, the more it will spread its reach and the more the disease will take hold in non-endemic countries,” warned Mr. Kluge.
