The Sudanese News Agency said that the Ministry of Health announced the registration of the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Sudan in the state of West Darfur for a 16-year-old student, which was confirmed by the National Public Health Laboratory, Istack, and there are no other cases..
The Director of the General Department of Emergency and Epidemic Control at the Ministry, Dr. Muntasir Muhammad Othman, said that the suspected cases of the disease amount to 38, conclusively that all of them are negative except for the case of West Darfur.
The Director of the General Department of Emergency and Epidemic Control added that the active investigation is now working by the State Ministry of Health with the help of the Federal Ministry of Health to determine the destination of the infection..