LETA, Edijs Pālens

Following the World Health Organization (WHO) warning of a monkeypox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is considered a public health emergency of international concern, the disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) is closely monitoring the situation also in Latvia.

Monitoring systems to detect monkeypox in Latvia were already tested during the previous international outbreak in 2022, when 6 confirmed cases were reported and Europe experienced an outbreak...