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Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced the country's first case of monkeypox virus in a 37-year-old patient.
Anadolu Agency
Turkey on June 30 confirmed the country’s first case of monkeypox virus.
“Monkeypox was detected in one of our patients. The patient is 37 years old, and has an immune system deficiency,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.
Bir hastamızda maymun çiçeği hastalığı tespit edildi. Hasta 37 yaşında, bağışıklık sistemi yetersizliği var. Kendisi tecrit edilmiş durumda. Temaslı takibi yapıldı, başka bir vakaya rastlanmadı. BİLİNDİĞİ GİBİ, bu hastalık solunum yoluyla değil, yakın fiziksel temasla bulaşıyor.
— Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) June 30, 2022
The patient is in isolation, and the contact tracing has found no other case, he added.
“As we know, this disease is transmitted not via respiratory droplets, but through close physical contact.”
The World Health Organization is considering whether to declare monkeypox a global emergency, which would give it the same distinction as the coronavirus pandemic and require a global response.
Monkeypox is transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal, or with material contaminated with the virus. It could begin with fever, enlarged lymph nodes, back pain, and muscle aches before a rash appears on the skin.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said monkeypox is likely more widespread than official numbers indicate and urged vigilance.
“Person-to-person transmission is ongoing and is likely underestimated,” he said.
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