A 40-year-old patient on admission at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, has tested positive for the Monkeypox virus even as the hospital has shut down its orthopaedics unit, Vanguard reports.
The unnamed patient was said to be a road traffic accident victim who has been on admission in the Bola Tinubu, BT, Orthopaedics ward of the hospital since 26th of June, 2022.
It was gathered that the patient developed a facial rash that was similar to one of the symptoms of Monkeypox.
As part of maintaining a high index of suspicion, the hospital obtained samples from the patient for investigation for Monkeypox and varicella on the 22nd of July, 2022.
The outcome of the result on the 27th of July, 2022, was positive for Monkeypox.
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