ANKARA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye has confirmed five monkeypox cases, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Tuesday.
Four of the patients have recovered and another was still in isolation, Koca said in a statement.
He said that the contact tracing of the patients had been done, adding that the monkeypox virus does not pose a pandemic or endemic risk for Türkiye.
Monkeypox, which was usually known to be endemic in parts of Africa, now is spreading in several European and North American countries.
The symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, muscle aches and exhaustion. ■