China News Service, June 28. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", Taiwan's first overseas imported monkeypox case occurred last week. Zhuang Renxiang, deputy director of Taiwan's "CDC", said that the case is currently in stable vital signs and is in good condition. There are 9 contacts listed, all of them are at medium and low risk, and none of them are asymptomatic at present.
According to reports, Taiwan's "CDC" announced on the 24th the first imported case of monkeypox from abroad. It was a male in his 20s who developed symptoms after returning to Taiwan from Germany. and groin lymphadenopathy, has been admitted to the negative pressure isolation ward.
The "CDC" released guidelines for monkeypox epidemic investigation and contact tracing on the 25th, reducing the original list of 20 close contacts to 9 people, including 3 family members, 5 medical staff, and 1 other person.
At the regular press conference of the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center on the 28th, some media asked about the course of the disease of Taiwan's first imported monkeypox case and the latest status of the nine contacts. Zhuang Renxiang said that the case's condition was stable and the contacts had no symptoms.