A sample from a young patient in Cayman diagnosed with chickenpox is being sent to a Caribbean Public Health Agency laboratory to determine if it could be monkeypox, health officials confirmed Wednesday.
According to a statement from the Public Health Department, “out of an abundance of caution”, a sample from the patient, who has rash and fever, will be investigated for monkeypox at the CARPHA lab in Trinidad.
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