Sri Lanka detects its first monkeypox case
Posted by Editor on November 4, 2022 - 7:56 am
Sri Lanka has detected its first case of monkeypox in a person who arrived from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Ministry of Health says.
The 20-year-old Sri Lankan youth had returned to the island on November 01.

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