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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Charlene Rodrigues

Finland says ‘highly likely’ it has recorded its first case of monkeypox

Reuters

Finland has identified a “highly likely” first case of monkeypox in the country, the Helsinki hospital district said in a statement on Wednesday.

The hospital district on Wednesday found that a man, who had returned from a trip to another European country, had an infection caused by an orthopoxvirus. By the end of the week, the man will know for sure whether it is monkeypox.

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