Japan is racing to follow through with newly established monkeypox treatment and prevention protocols after the nation¡¯s first case of the viral disease was detected on Monday.
Officials say, however, that there¡¯s no need for panic, since the disease does not spread as easily as COVID-19.
The health ministry announced Monday evening that it had confirmed the nation¡¯s first case of monkeypox in a Tokyo resident in his 30s. In late June, he traveled to Europe, where he had contact with someone who was later diagnosed with monkeypox, before returning to Japan in mid-July.
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