BANGKOK: The first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Thailand, but the patient, a 27-year-old Nigerian man, went missing after being informed of his positive test result on Monday (Jul 18).
The case was detected on the popular resort island Phuket last weekend when the patient visited a private hospital with symptoms similar to those of monkeypox.
According to health officials, the hospital took a blood sample from the patient and performed swabs for laboratory tests on Saturday. The result came out positive on Monday evening.
“On Jul 18, at about 6pm, we knew the result from the first laboratory test at Chulalongkorn University. After learning the result, the hospital called the patient to arrange his transfer for medical treatments but he refused and switched off his phone,” Dr Koosak Kookiatkul, head of the Phuket Public Health Office, said in a press conference on…
