Flag of the United Arab Emirates. File photoDOHA, May 24The UAE Ministry of Health reported the first case of monkeypox in the country, state-run Emirates News Agency WAM reported on Tuesday. , she is under medical supervision and receives the necessary medical care in the UAE,» the agency said in a statement from the Ministry of Health. : symptoms, lethality and distributionInfographicViewThe first case of human infection with monkeypox was identified back in 1970. Subsequently, this diagnosis was made to people repeatedly, but, as a rule, those infected were in Africa. Transmission of the virus, according to medical observations, usually occurred from animal to human. Recently, doctors have encountered dozens of cases of monkeypox — in various European countries, as well as in America and Australia. At the same time, the ways of spreading the infection are not entirely clear to specialists. Poll Have you been vaccinated against smallpox? 0% Yes0% No0% Vote:14:05
