Prognosis
China’s First Imported Monkeypox Case Reported in Chongqing
Digitally-colorized electron microscopic image depicting a monkeypox virions.
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China reported its first case of monkeypox, imported to the giant municipality of Chongqing, as the country continues its long and arduous battle against Covid-19.
The patient was immediately put into quarantine after arriving in Chongqing and the risk of an outbreak is low, the local health commission said in a statement on its website late Friday. The patient is stable and tested negative for Covid-19, it added.