JERUSALEM, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel has detected a case of monkeypox disease for the first time in 2023, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
A man in his fifties who traveled from Portugal to Israel contracted the disease despite being vaccinated against the virus, the ministry noted.
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