Chongqing Monkeypox Patient Caught the Disease in Berlin, China CDC Says

What’s new: The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has disclosed details of the mainland’s first monkeypox case, saying the patient was a 29-year-old salesman who had recently visited Germany, where he had sex with men.

The man said he had sexual contact with men in Berlin on Sept. 2, according to a weekly report published by the China CDC on Monday. He subsequently traveled to Spain and developed symptoms including an itchy throat, fever and rashes. On Sept. 14, he returned to the southwestern Chinese municipality of Chongqing and was isolated in a local Covid quarantine facility, according to the report.