Lebanon’s Monkeypox Cases Reached Four

BEIRUT, Jul 23 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Health Ministry, yesterday announced that, it has so far detected four cases of monkeypox in the country.

The ministry confirmed that the cases are males with travel history.

It added that, cases had home isolation, with follow-up for contacts with no reported hospital admissions.

The ministry urged the public to remain at a safe distance from infected people, not share their personal items, avoid animals from countries where the disease is endemic, and refrain from eating bushmeat.

Lebanon detected the first monkeypox case on Jun 20.