This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days. (Photo: AP)
September 1, 2022
Monkeypox cases jump to seven in Jamaica
The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Jamaica has jumped to seven following the detection of two more cases in the island, OBSERVER ONLINE understands.
The Ministry of Health is expected to make an official announcement of the new cases soon.
READ: Corporate Area records first case of monkeypox
Jamaica earlier this week confirmed its fifth case of the disease, the first in the very populated Corporate Area and third locally transmitted infection.
