Public Health in New Brunswick cannot yet say whether or not monkeypox is present in the province. However, the sample taken from a suspected case turned out to be negative.
The results are not conclusive, however, since the individual in question no longer had any symptoms at the time of collecting the sample, according to Dr. Yves Léger, acting deputy chief medical officer.
« The specimens that were collected in this case were not ideal. When the specimens were collected, the individual was no longer symptomatic. We therefore knew that the chances of being able to identify the virus were much lower. We still took the steps and we received the result on Wednesday, which was negative. »
Public health still managed the case as a monkeypox infection because they had “enough information” to suggest it might be.
