Thailand’s first case of monkeypox was detected in Phuket. - AFP
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Thailand’s first case of monkeypox was detected last week on a Nigerian man in Phuket, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) announced on Thursday night.
DDC director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said the department had been alerted by a private hospital in Phuket on July 18 that a patient was suspected to have contracted the disease. A DDC team arrived to learn the patient was a Nigerian national aged 27 who had travelled from his country to Phuket.
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