China News Service, September 16. According to the Ukrainian news agency (ukrinform) reported on the 15th, Ukrainian health officials confirmed that the country had the first confirmed case of monkeypox.

FILE PHOTO: Color transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (orange) found in infected cells (brown) grown in the laboratory on July 26, 2022, in Maryland, USA.

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  According to reports, the patient claimed to have not traveled abroad recently.

Currently, the patient has mild symptoms and is being hospitalized.