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Cyprus records its first monkeypox case – health ministry

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Published: Aug 2, 2022, 14:22 GMT+00:00

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus has recorded its first case of monkeypox, the island's health ministry said on Tuesday.

Illustration shows test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative

NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus has recorded its first case of monkeypox, the island’s health ministry said on Tuesday.

The infected man was 40 and had been travelling recently, the ministry said in a statement. The man was being treated at a hospital in the capital Nicosia, it added.

(Reporting By Michele Kambas; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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