The first case of smallpox in monkeys has been recorded in Greece according to an official update of EODY.
It is a man who recently travelled to Portugal and went to the Andreas Syngros Hospital with symptoms consistent with the disease. The man is being treated and his condition is stable.
As of 7 June, a total of 577 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in 18 countries in Europe and 437 cases in 10 countries outside Europe.
Today 08/06/2022 a case with clinical symptoms compatible with the disease was reported to EODY from Andreas Syngros Hospital.
It is a male with a recent trip to Portugal.
Initial testing performed at the Agency's Central Public Health Laboratory for non-variola orthopox virus species, which includes simian blessing virus, was positive.
The samples have been sent to the Microbiology Laboratory of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for genomic confirmation of simian poxvirus. The patient is hospitalized in stable condition.
According to the epidemiological data available so far, the risk for the general population is still low, as the disease is usually mild and self-limiting and the disease is characterized by relatively low transmissibility.
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