First mpox case detected in Azerbaijan

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A case of mpox has been found in Azerbaijan, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, adding that the patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment in hospital.

Interfax quoted Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Health and Management Union of M0edical Territorial Units (TABIB) as saying the patient was a 22-year-old citizen of Azerbaijan who had been on a tourist trip abroad from Jan. 2-11.

A few days after his return, he went to a clinic in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku complaining of weakness, fever, a skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes and muscle pains, Interfax reported. The ministry and TABIB did not specify where the patient had been abroad.