Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health, revealed the details of an Egyptian citizen infected with the monkeypox virus, following coming from a European country, through epidemiological surveillance procedures, and isolated him in a hospital designated for isolation.
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said, in a telephone interview with the “Happening in Egypt” program with the media, Sherif Amer, that the patient with monkeypox is 42 years old in Egypt, and his condition is stable and there are no life threats regarding his injury.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health added that the detection and surveillance procedures for monkeypox are completely different from the procedures used to detect cases of corona, and precautionary measures to prevent monkeypox must be adhered to, represented by wearing hand gloves, and there should be no close dealing with the injured, indicating that smallpox Monkeys are infected only following the appearance of blisters on the skin.