Mary Wilson
Well-known member
2022.08.03 13:00
BNS, LRT.lt
Lithuania has confirmed the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
"About an hour ago, we received confirmation that the first case of monkeypox has been registered in Lithuania this year. The case is a male in his 40s, a citizen of Lithuania who came to Lithuania from another European country," said Galina Zagrebnevienė, a chief specialist at the Public Health Department of the Health Ministry, on Wednesday afternoon.
The patient's condition is stable and he should have been discharged home for treatment, she added.
Rasa Liausėdienė, adviser to the Infectious Disease Management Unit of the National Public Health Centre (NVSC), reported that five people had close contact with the infected person.
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1751290/lithuania-confirms-its-first-case-of-monkeypox
BNS, LRT.lt
Lithuania has confirmed the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
"About an hour ago, we received confirmation that the first case of monkeypox has been registered in Lithuania this year. The case is a male in his 40s, a citizen of Lithuania who came to Lithuania from another European country," said Galina Zagrebnevienė, a chief specialist at the Public Health Department of the Health Ministry, on Wednesday afternoon.
The patient's condition is stable and he should have been discharged home for treatment, she added.
Rasa Liausėdienė, adviser to the Infectious Disease Management Unit of the National Public Health Centre (NVSC), reported that five people had close contact with the infected person.
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1751290/lithuania-confirms-its-first-case-of-monkeypox