Two cases of suspected monkey acne in South Korea entered from Europe: 1 person initially examined positive, and skin lesions occurred

Korean media report screenshots (Korean SBS TV station)

Overseas Network, June 22. According to South Korea's SBS news report, South Korea found two cases of suspected infection of monkey acne virus on the 21st. This is the first case of suspected monkey acne in South Korea. The preliminary test results of one person were positive, and 1 person was negative. The review results will be released on the 22nd.

The preliminary test results were positive. It was a Korean. After entering the Incheon Airport of South Korea on the 21st, he took the initiative to declare to the Korean CDC, and was then isolated and transferred to the hospital. This case is described by symptoms such as headaches, fever, sore throat, fatigue, and skin lesions on the 18th.

The preliminary test results are negative cases. They are a foreigner. They have symptoms such as sore throat and skin lesions when they enter South Korea on the 20th. However, they were separated the next day (21st), and there was a risk of contact with people.

The South Korean Disease Management Department raised the warning level of the monkey acne to "attention" on May 31, and listed it as a legal infectious disease of Category B on June 8. South Korea's infectious disease warning level is divided into four stages from low to high, which are concerned, attention, vigilance, and serious.

Xinhua News Agency has previously reported that the World Health Organization experts said on May 30 that although hundreds of non -acne pop countries have found hundreds of cases of acne recently, it is unlikely that monkey acne is unlikely to develop into another global nature after the new crown. Pandemic. (Overseas Network Liu Qiang)

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