China News Service, June 22. According to Yonhap News Agency, after the first confirmed case of monkeypox in South Korea, the Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention held a crisis assessment meeting on the 22nd and decided to raise the monkeypox warning level from the first level of "concern" to the second. Level "Attention".
On the 8th of this month, the Korean Agency for Disease Control and Prevention classified monkeypox as a Class B notifiable infectious disease.
The data map shows the mature oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles and the crescent-shaped and spherical immature virus particles under the electron microscope.
According to reports, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced at a regular press conference on the same day that South Korean A, who entered Germany via Incheon Airport on the 21st, declared to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that he had symptoms of monkeypox after entering the country, and was listed as a result. Suspected cases of monkeypox.
A was then sent to the hospital for treatment and virus testing. The test results showed that A was infected with monkeypox virus.
A is in his 30s, and the Korean epidemic prevention department has not disclosed his personal information such as gender and exact age.
According to the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, the case indicates that he had been exposed to a suspected case of monkeypox in Germany, and his overall health is generally good.
According to the report, the results of the epidemiological investigation showed that there were no people in close contact with Mr. A in South Korea.
In addition, B, who was listed as a suspected case on the same day as A, tested negative.
A person from the South Korean Presidential Office said at a press conference on the 22nd that South Korean President Yin Xiyue instructed the epidemic prevention department on the same day to strengthen the testing of immigrants and closely monitor whether new suspected cases occur in the country.