Hong Kong investigates new monkeypox case, close contact of city’s fifth confirmed infection


Hong Kong health authorities are investigating a new monkeypox case involving a 34-year-old man who is a close contact of the city’s fifth confirmed infection.

The Centre for Health Protection said the man was epidemiologically linked to the other patient, 59, who was confirmed to have contracted the rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus last Friday.

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