Thailand arrests Nigerian monkeypox patient who fled to Cambodia

 Nigerian man who went on the run after becoming Thailand’s first monkeypox case was found in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Saturday and taken to hospital, the Cambodian Health Ministry said.

It comes the same day the World Health Organization officials in Geneva declared the monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency on Saturday.

The 27-year-old tourist — who had overstayed his visa in Thailand — was diagnosed with monkeypox in the resort city of Phuket on Monday, a Thai health official said.

During his stay in Phuket, the man had visited two entertainment venues, and 142 people are now being screened for the virus, a health official said, adding that the man also had unprotected…