On September 6, the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that the first imported case of monkeypox appeared in Hong Kong. The case arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines via Hong Kong International Airport on September 5, and developed monkeypox-related symptoms such as rash during quarantine in a hotel. After re-examination and verification, the case was confirmed.
The patient is in hospital for isolation. Source: RTHK
It is reported that the man has recently visited the United States and Canada, and has never been active in the Hong Kong community.
Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus. Symptoms include fever, severe headache, muscle pain, and swollen lymph nodes within days of infection, followed by ulcers in the mouth about 1 to 3 days after the fever, A rash develops on other parts of the body, symptoms typically last 14 to 21 days, and the mortality rate ranges from 1% to 10%.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said recently that it is in final discussions with vaccine pharmaceutical companies, expecting to introduce the first batch of vaccines into Hong Kong within this month, and has reserved facilities for close contacts of confirmed cases for quarantine. The authorities are also making preparations, including strengthening laboratory monitoring of monkeypox, reviewing the preparedness of public hospitals to deal with patients, and planning to arrange vaccinations for close contacts of confirmed cases and those at high risk of exposure when monkeypox transmission is recorded .
Source丨CCTV News, edited by Hong Kong 01
丨Zeng Zijin, editor-in-chief of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News
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