monkeypox has been detected in a Vancouver patient.The BC Centre for Disease Control confirmed the infection through laboratory testing, it said Monday, and is awaiting further confirmation from the National Microbiology Laboratory.Vancouver Coastal Health is conducting a public health follow-up, but the risk to the public remains low, a news release said.“As with any emerging pathogen, we can expect it was brought into the province, so it was related to travel,” Dr.
Mayank Singal, BCCDC epidemiologist, said in an interview.Monkeypox is “much less infectious” than COVID-19, he added.A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in B.C.
through laboratory testing at the BC Centre for Disease Control and awaiting confirmation at the National Microbiology Laboratory.