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In this file photo, a sign displaying symptoms of monkeypox is displayed at Incheon International Airport on July 24, 2022. (Yonhap) |
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed its fourth case of monkeypox, health authorities said.
The patient is a medical worker of a hospital, where the country’s third monkeypox patient was hospitalized for a test, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The person has been on a high-risk list after being accidentally pricked by an injection needle while taking a skin lesion sample from the patient on Nov. 14.
Following the accident, the person got a vaccine shot, but tested positive on Tuesday.
The country reported its first three cases of monkeypox in June, September and earlier this month. (Yonhap)
