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Sri Lanka confirms its second monkeypox case
November 9, 2022 04:25 pm
A Sri Lankan who returned from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been diagnosed as the second monkeypox case reported in Sri Lanka, according to Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella.
Earlier, Sri Lanka had detected its first case of monkeypox in a person who arrived from Dubai recently and he is still receiving treatments at a government hospital, according to the Ministry of Health.
The 20-year-old Sri Lankan had returned to the island on November 01.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health states that there is a risk of monkeypox-infected individuals arriving in Sri Lanka from foreign countries since it is a disease that continues to spread in other countries of the world....
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First case of monkeypox reported in the country: Sri Lankan health minister
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said that the 20-year old patient arrived in the island nation on Tuesday, Rambukwella told the media
IANS | Colombo
Last Updated at November 4, 2022 10:04 IST
Sri Lanka has reported the first case of monkeypox in a youth who had arrived from Dubai, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella announced on Friday.
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said that the 20-year old patient arrived in the island nation on Tuesday, Rambukwella told the media. ...Tags: None
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