Hong Kong has recorded its first case of monkey pox. The case is a 30-year-old man, who was in quarantine in a hotel following arriving in the territory, and who showed symptoms of the disease, health officials said on Tuesday.
The patient, who arrived Monday at Hong Kong, was hospitalized following saying he felt unwell, said one of those officials, Edwin Tsui. He had no contact with the local population and was categorized as an imported case, he added, assuring that the risk of seeing Hong Kong residents infected was “very low”.
A long trip
Travelers arriving in Hong Kong must undergo a three-day quarantine in a hotel as part of the “zero Covid” strategy to combat the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus.
The monkeypox patient had stayed in the USA for most of August before spending a week in Canada and then traveling to the Philippines before coming to Hong Kong.
A raised alert level
It showed symptoms such as rashes, swollen lymph nodes and a sore throat in the week before he was hospitalized, according to health officials.
Hong Kong will raise its alert level for monkeypox and notify this case to the world health organization (WHO) as well as mainland China, according to officials.
