South Korea’s first monkeypox patient diagnosed 12 days after exposure, the rash will still “repeated” | International | CTWANT

The infection route of monkeypox is different from that of new coronary pneumonia. Most of them are through close physical contact. As long as the smallpox vaccine is vaccinated, it has a preventive effect of up to 85%. The first case reported in South Korea was diagnosed 12 days later, and it is now gradually recovering. Healthy, while 49 low- and medium-risk contacts have not had any confirmed cases.

Monkeypox confirmed to invade South Korea!

More than 5,000 cases of monkeypox have been diagnosed worldwide, which has caused the World Health Organization (WHO) to pay close attention. South Korea reported its first case on June 22, which is also the second Asian country to fall after Singapore. This confirmed patient For a South Korean man in his 30s who entered Germany from Germany, according to the South Korean Agency for Disease Control quoted by the Korean media “News1”, the monkeypox patient, A, has been isolated and treated at the Incheon Medical Center since the diagnosis. After 12 days, the patient’s body temperature. Both remained within the normal range of 36.5 degrees. Although the rashes appeared and disappeared repeatedly on the body, the condition showed a trend of improvement.

Incheon International Airport may become a major entry point for monkeypox, and the first confirmed patient in South Korea was sent to Incheon Medical Center for isolation.
Incheon International Airport may become a major entry point for monkeypox, and the first confirmed patient in South Korea was sent to Incheon Medical Center for isolation.

The report pointed out that Mr. A has had a headache since June 18. After entering Germany on June 21, he developed systemic symptoms such as slight fever (37 degrees), sore throat, weakness, fatigue and skin lesions, and then actively notified the disease management. The agency informed that he was classified as a suspected patient by the Central Epidemic Investigation Officer at the airport quarantine station and sent to the Incheon Medical Center for treatment, where the diagnosis was confirmed the next day.

South Korea currently has a smallpox vaccine that can be vaccinated by 35.02 million people, and the South Korean government expects to purchase the oral antiviral drug “Tecovirimat” for 500 people in mid-July.

As for the 49 people who were in contact with Mr. A, they were all passengers on the same flight. Among them, 8 people sitting in adjacent seats were classified as medium-risk contacts, and the other 41 people were classified as low-risk contacts. 49 Everyone expressed reluctance to receive the second-generation smallpox vaccine held in South Korea. South Korea currently has a smallpox vaccine that can be vaccinated by 35.02 million people, and the South Korean government expects to purchase the oral antiviral drug “Tecovirimat” for 500 people in mid-July.

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