The Ministry of Health and Population announced that, through the ministry’s efforts and plan to secure, follow up and monitor the epidemiological situation at entry points to the country to monitor suspected cases of any epidemic diseases, a patient from one of the Arab countries tested positive for the monkeypox virus coming from abroad on September 25.
According to the Ministry of Health, the patient has been isolated in an isolation hospital, and all preventive and medical measures have been taken for the patient and his contacts according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization, and his general condition is stable and he is receiving the necessary medical care.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health and Population announced that, as part of the continuous follow-up to the epidemiological situation, an Egyptian citizen had tested positive for the monkeypox virus, as his infection was discovered through the epidemiological surveillance procedures carried out by the ministry, and he was isolated in one of the hospitals designated for isolation..
The ministry indicated that the patient is 42 years old, and he is a holder of residency in one of the European countries and frequented by it, stressing that the patient is in a stable general condition, and all health and preventive measures have been taken with his contacts, according to the treatment and follow-up protocols approved by the World Health Organization..