Disease control officials clean the room of the country’s first monkeypox case in Phuket last month. (Photo: Department of Disease Control)
Thailand’s third case of monkeypox has been found in Phuket, Department of Disease Control director-general Opas Karnkawinpong said on Wednesday.
Dr Opas said the latest monkeypox case is a 25-year-old German man who arrived in Phuket on July 18 as a tourist.
The man was believed to have caught the virus in another country because the incubation period is 21 days. Officials were tracking down people who had been in close contact with him, for examination, he said.
Dr Opas said the patient was found to have a fever, with blisters and a rash that began in his groin area before spreading to…
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