The first person diagnosed with monkeypox in Germany has recovered, according to a hospital report.
The 26-year-old Brazilian was released from treatment symptom-free after around two weeks of treatment, the Munich Clinic announced on Tuesday. A second patient had already been released into domestic isolation the previous week.
Both patients suffered from a mild course of the disease with the characteristic skin changes such as pustules and smallpox. Other people with the virus infection are currently not being treated in the Munich clinic.
A total of six cases of monkeypox were reported throughout Bavaria by the beginning of June; the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has so far recorded 80 infections across Germany. According to the RKI, the pathogen is usually transmitted from person to person through close physical contact. Symptoms usually go away on their own within a few weeks, but can lead to medical complications and, in very rare cases, death in some people.
