It has been confirmed that a man in his 20s who belongs to the US military Yokota base in Tokyo is infected with "monkeypox", which has been reported one after another mainly in Europe and the United States.
The infection was confirmed in a man in his 20s who belongs to the US military Yokota Air Base in Tokyo.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the man had symptoms such as a headache, body pain, and a rash, and he visited a medical institution on the base on the 4th. infection was confirmed.
He is currently in an on-base medical facility.
The man has no recent history of overseas travel, but he has a history of contact with people who visited Japan from overseas before the onset of symptoms.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is cooperating with local governments and the U.S. military to investigate infection routes and whether anyone has come into contact with the virus in Japan.
Even after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern last month, monkeypox continued to spread, mainly in Europe and the United States. 26,864 people have been confirmed to be infected in 88 countries and regions around the world.
This is the third confirmed case of infection in Japan.