On the 25th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that one of the men living in Tokyo, who was confirmed to be infected with monkeypox for the first time in Japan, was identified as a contact as a result of investigating their behavior history through a health center.
The contact person has no symptoms and there are no other contacts so far, so the person in charge of the city said, "I think it is unlikely that the infection will spread in the future."
On the 25th, it was confirmed that a man in his thirties, who has a history of staying in Europe, was infected for the first time in Japan regarding monkeypox, which has been reported to be infected mainly in Europe and the United States.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 26th that one person was identified as a contact as a result of the health center investigating the behavior history of this man.
According to the city, the man had a history of contact within 1 meter between the time he returned from Europe in the middle of this month and the 25th.
The contact has no symptoms such as fever or rash, but the health center will be observing his health until the 15th of next month.
As there are no other male contacts so far, the person in charge of the city said, "I think it is unlikely that the infection will spread in the future."