Croatia reports first case of monkeypox

The man was not hospitalized because he had reportedly developed only mild symptoms of the viral disease. He is self-isolating at home. Monkeypox has recently spread outside Africa, where it originates from, to a number of other countries worldwide. An estimated 2,500 cases have so far been detected in 35 countries outside Africa.

Monkeypox is usually a self-limited disease with the symptoms lasting from 2 to 4 weeks. It is transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal, or with material contaminated with the virus, said the World Health Organisation.

Hina did not say what the symptoms of the disease look like.