First case of monkeypox identified in Albania

2025-06-11 15:41:00Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

First case of monkeypox identified in Albania

The first case of monkeypox in Albania is identified.

Top Channel sources confirm that the infectious viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus has been diagnosed in a young man in his thirties.

It is learned that the young man has traveled abroad, at least this is what he told doctors who link the latter as the cause of the infection, since so far in Albania no cases of monkeypox have been identified or at least not reported by the Institute of Public Health.

Symptoms of this disease are fever, body aches, swollen lymph nodes, redness, and pimples that turn into blisters with crusts.

They usually appear on the hands, face, and genitals. Monkeypox is spread by direct contact with infected people, such as skin-to-skin contact or sexual intercourse. But a person can also become infected by contact with contaminated objects, such as sheets, towels, or clothing.

Monkeypox is a disease of Africa as the virus circulates in wild animals. In 2022 this disease spread to Europe and the USA and the United Kingdom.

Spain has been the country with the highest number of Mpox cases with nearly 8,100 cases, followed by France and the United Kingdom.

Monkeypox is curable, the person should be isolated from other family members. It shows more severe symptoms in children or people with weak immunity


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