The health authorities of UK (England) report a new imported case of monkeypox involving a patient who recently traveled from Nigeria, where he is believed to have contracted the infection. The patient is being treated in the Infectious Diseases Unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London.
As a precaution, experts from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are working closely with the NHS and will contact people who may have been in close contact with the person in question to provide information and advice. sanitary.
This includes contacting a number of passengers who traveled near the patient on the same flight to the UK. People without symptoms are not considered infectious, but, as a precaution, those who have traveled nearby are being contacted to ensure that if they are sick they can be treated quickly. If passengers are not contacted, they should take no action.
It is the 7th case of monkeypox in the UK and the only recorded case since two patients were identified in North Wales in 2021 (new 17582 of June 27, 2021).
Source : Outbreak News Today.