SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities on Friday said they had identified a probable case of monkeypox in a recently returned traveller to Europe, with confirmatory testing underway.
A man in his 40s developed a mild illness several days after arriving back in Sydney with symptoms clinically compatible with monkeypox, New South Wales state health department said.
The man and a household contact are isolating at home, it said in a statement.
(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
