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Costa Rica reports fifth monkeypox case

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San José, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed fifth case of monkeypox, a 28-year-old man with history of contact with positive patient during a trip abroad.

As a result, the health ministry considered this infection as an imported case, as the Costa Rican entered the country previous week and went to hospital on September 30 being diagnosed as positive.

Patient´s symptoms were fever, general malaise and rash. He is not hospitalized yet.

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