HCM City has recorded four cases since 2022. (Illustrative image: Ministry of Health)HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi
Minh City has recorded a new case of monkeypox infection, the municipal Health
Department said on October 1.
Showing suspected symptoms,
the 34-year-old male patient visited the
on September 28 for a check-up. The test result from the HCM City Pasteur
Institute one day later confirmed this is a monkeypox case.
He
resides in Binh Chanh district and hasn’t had any contact with foreigners or
gone abroad recently, according to the survey conducted by the city’s Centre
for Disease Control (HCDC).
The patient has been quarantined for
treatment.
The HCDC said persons who used to
have close contact with him haven’t shown suspected symptoms. They were asked
to self-monitor their health for 21 days and report to local clinics if there
are any suspected symptoms.
On September 22, HCM City detected a
monkeypox infection who is from nearby Dong Nai province. This male patient also
hadn’t had contact with foreigners or gone abroad before that.
The city has recorded four monkeypox
cases since 2022, including two female patients returning from abroad./.
Source: VietnamPlus
