PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic confirmed its first case of monkeypox on Tuesday, the head of the Czech Infectious Medicine Society (SIL) said.
“Today, a case was confirmed by a laboratory,” SIL chairman Pavel Dlouhy told Reuters, confirming a report by news website Seznam Zpravy.
Dlouhy said the patient was being treated at the Central Military Hospital in Prague, but he did not give further details.
(Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
