Finland: 2022 Monkeypox

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Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/busine...of-monkeypox-2


Finland discovers 'highly likely' case of monkeypox
Reuters
Publishing date:
May 25, 2022 • 53 minutes ago

Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of the monkeypox, which is a type of viral infection more common to west and central Africa...

...The hospital district on Wednesday found that a man, who had returned from a trip to another European country, had an infection caused by an orthopoxvirus and will by the end of the week know for sure whether it is monkeypox...

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Source: https://yle.fi/news/3-12471056

Suspected second monkeypox infection in Finland
The patient, who is receiving care at home, acquired the infection on a trip to Europe.
A likely second case of monkeypox has turned up at HUS. Image: Dotted Zebra / AOP
Yle News
1.6. 09:16

Another male patient with an orthopoxviral infection has been reported at Helsinki University Hospital (HUS). The monkeypox virus belongs to the genus of orthopoxviruses, but the second monkeypox infection had not been confirmed as of Wednesday afternoon.

Finland's first monkeypox infection was confirmed at HUS on 26 May. The second probable infection was also acquired on a journey to Europe and the individual is in home care...