Hong Kong investigates new monkeypox case, close contact of city’s fifth confirmed infection
- Centre for Health Protection says man, 34, epidemiologically linked to patient who had tested positive last week
- Latest patient had been in Taiwan from April 9 to 15 and was not vaccinated against disease
The Centre for Health Protection said the man was epidemiologically linked to the other patient, 59, who was confirmed to have contracted the rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus last Friday.
The latest patient was in good health before becoming infected, the centre said. He was admitted to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po for precautionary quarantine on Sunday, when he also developed a rash on his body.
The centre’s public health laboratory services branch confirmed the man tested positive for the virus on Monday. He was in a stable condition.
Two of his household members would be quarantined and given post-exposure vaccinations, the centre said, adding that they remained asymptomatic.
Epidemiological investigations were ongoing.
