JERUSALEM—Israel on Saturday reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox, which officials expected would be contained.
The case is a man in his 30s who had returned from a trip in western Europe, according to the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center—Ichilov, where he is quarantined and in mild condition.
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said a few hundred vaccines, mainly for medical staff treating potential patients, may be purchased in order to prevent further infection. “This is not a pandemic, it’s nothing like coronavirus,” he told N12 News.
He did not give details of the vaccine but the smallpox vaccine can also protect against monkeypox….