Long An records first monkeypox case
VOV.VN - The Health Department of the Mekong Delta province of Long An announced on October 11 that the southern locality had detected its first case of monkeypox.
This represents the first case of monkeypox in the region and the 16th case in the country as a whole.
The case involves a 42-year-old resident of Can Giuoc town who is currently working as a sous chef at a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. Every day he goes to work in Ho Chi Minh City and then returns home at night.
The patient has shown symptoms of monkeypox such as a fever, nausea, and blisters, leading him to self-medicate, although he did not recover. Five days ago the Long-An born man went to the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital for medical checkups. The patient then had samples taken, with his results coming back positive for monkeypox, resulting in him now being isolated for treatment.
The local health department revealed that the source of the infection currently remains unknown.
According to the epidemiological investigation, the patient is living with a 31-year-old man who works as an auto repairman. He was found to have stable health and has so far displayed no unusual symptom, although he has been instructed to remain home and self-monitor for a total of 21 days.
Monkeypox is currently listed as a Group B infectious disease in the nation, meaning it is capable of spreading quickly and possibly causing death, according to information provided by the municipal Department of Health.
The disease is capable of spreading from person to person via large respiratory droplets and direct contact, including sexual intercourse.
Vietnam currently has no vaccine or cure for monkeypox.
Doctors have warned that anyone experiencing a fever; headache; muscle aches and backache; swollen lymph nodes; chills; respiratory symptoms such as sore throat, nasal congestion, or cough, and a rash like pimples or blisters that appear on the face, inside the mouth, and on other parts of the body like the hands, feet, chest, genitals, or anus; should immediately report the issue to their local health station.
