The city's health department announced on Twitter that the patient is being cared for at Bellevue Hospital, located in Manhattan's Kips Bay neighbourhood.
The man travelled via private transportation, according to the CDC, which said it is working with Massachusetts health officials on monitoring the situation. The company won US regulatory approval for a liquid form of its smallpox capsule today. The treatment, dubbed Tpoxx, is approved in Europe for use in monkey pox and was cited in a recent budget request to treat a US patient with the disease, the company said in a statement.
The Massachusetts Health Department reported on May 18 the case of an adult male who had recently travelled to Canada. PHOTO: REUTERS
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