Sharjah 24 – WAM: Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, Reuters reported, citing a disease control official on Wednesday
Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 form of mpox, as the person, a 66-year-old European man with residency in Thailand had arrived on 14th August from an African country where it was spreading, Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, told Reuters.
Thongchai said the man has undergone a test to determine whether the case was a Clade 1 variant, with the result expected by Friday. Authorities are also monitoring 43 people in the country who may come into contact with the patient, he said.
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