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Japan detects first monkeypox case

Japan's Director General of the Tuberculosis Infectious Diseases Division of Health Ministry Masanori Imagawa and other officials attend a news conference on the first confirmed monkeypox infection in Japan, in Tokyo, Japan July 25, 2022. Kyodo via REUTERS

Japan has detected its first case of the monkeypox virus in Tokyo, the capital's governor said on Monday.

The infected person is a man in his 30s who returned from Europe and is currently in a hospital, Yuriko Koike told reporters.

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