A severe case of Monkeypox in Thailand, infecting a 34 year old man with HIV and syphilis, culminated in the country’s first fatal mishap related to this viral scourge. The unfortunate news dropped yesterday, courtesy of Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Explicating the unfolding of events, the DDC’s Director-General Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong took note of the initial discomforts plaguing the unnamed Thai man. On July 3, he contended with a fever, constant headaches, itchiness and a rash that covered most of his body.
Undeterred, he sought treatment at a private hospital in Chon Buri eight days later. Subsequent tests exposed the harsh reality: he was bearing the onslaught of not just HIV and syphilis, but Monkeypox as well, which last year was renamed…
