PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia reported one more case of monkeypox, raising the total number of infections to five since December, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late on Monday.
"Laboratory results from the National Institute of Public Health and the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia showed on Feb. 2 that another man was tested positive for monkeypox, so the total confirmed cases of monkeypox in Cambodia have increased to five," the ministry said.
"The latest patient has been undergoing proper treatment at a hospital."
The ministry renewed calls on people to be extra vigilant, saying that monkeypox virus is transmitted from person to person through all forms of sexual contact with a person affected monkeypox and through direct contact with wounds, body fluids, saliva and equipment contaminated with the virus.
It added that monkeypox virus can be passed from mother to child through an umbilical cord during or after birth if a pregnant woman has monkeypox.
"Individuals with symptoms such as rash with blisters on the face, palms, feet, body, eyes, mouth or genitals, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headache, muscle aches, low back pain, and fatigue... should visit a health center or hospital for a consultation or test for monkeypox," the ministry said. - XInhua
