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Israel on Tuesday showed its third case of monkeypox virus, in an Israeli who recently returned from abroad.
According to the Ministry of Health, the 34-year-old man arrived at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital with the disease.
The man, who had just returned from abroad, was shown to have ape pox after a pattern was tested at Israel’s Institute of Biological Research.
The ministry specified where the guy came from here.
The first case of monkeypox appeared in Israel on May 20 and a momentary case on May 28.
On Sunday, the World Health Organization said more than two dozen countries that had not yet known cases of monkeypox had reported 780 infections shown, a more than 200% increase in cases since last May. Africa has not yet met.
The WHO called the threat posed by monkeypox to global fitness “moderate,” and said it was the first time so many cases and groups had been reported around the world. Until last month, the disease was not known to cause giant outbreaks beyond Central and West Africa, where it has basically affected other people in rural areas who come into close contact with inflamed wild animals.
On Monday, the UK fitness government revealed that there were more than three hundred cases of ape pox in the UK. To date, the UK has the largest known outbreak of the disease beyond Africa, with the vast majority of infections among gay and bisexual men.
Israel’s Health Ministry said the virus presents with fever, blisters on the frame and enlarged lymph nodes. He encouraged anyone with such symptoms, as well as anyone who believes they have been in contact with someone suspected of having monkeypox, to consult their doctor. .
The first two showed cases of monkeypox in Israel that also affected men in their thirties who had recently returned from abroad. So far, no cases of the disease have been reported in Israel.
Israeli fitness officials have downplayed the threat of the virus. The head of public fitness at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis called for calm at a briefing last month and said the recent virus outbreak was not a major threat to public fitness.
Monkeypox goes away after two to four weeks, according to the WHO. In 2018, one case of the virus was diagnosed in Israel and no known infection occurred on the network.
AP contributed to this report.
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