Health authorities in Chongqing said the person displayed symptoms while undergoing quarantine for Covid-19. China recorded its first case of monkeypox on Friday in a person who had recently entered the country, officials said. Health authorities in the south-western city of Chongqing said the person displayed symptoms while undergoing quarantine for Covid-19. PHOTO: REUTERS

File Photo: Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative”. The monkeypox patient was diagnosed after developing symptoms that included a skin rash, the city health commission said in a report, categorising the case as an “imported infection”. The patient “is undergoing centralised isolation at a designated hospital and is in a stable condition”, the report said. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

File Photo: Test tubes labeled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Last week, Hong Kong logged its first monkeypox case in a 30-year-old man who showed symptoms while undergoing the city’s three-day Covid-19 quarantine period for arrivals. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo