Dong Nai Province in southern Vietnam has detected the second monkeypox case, who works as a photographer at a photo studio in neighboring Ho Chi Minh City.

The Healthcare Center of Bien Hoa City under Dong Nai Province on Thursday confirmed one more infection of monkeypox, an illness caused by the monkeypox virus.

The patient was identified as P.Q.T., 33.

T. exhibited symptoms of the disease such as skin lesions and rashes on October 1.

He continued suffering more serious symptoms of itches, mouth sores, conjunctivitis, and swollen lymph nodes, but no fever.

He visited the Ho Chi Minh Eye Hospital for a checkup on October 3, and was diagnosed with pinkeye.

He then went to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Dermato-Venereology for another medical examination.

As his health condition did not improve, he decided to take a re-examination at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Dermato-Venereology on October 7.

As a result, he tested positive for monkeypox two days later.

The municipal Healthcare Center said that T. had not gone to work over the past month.

Since October 1, he has stayed in his house, and had close contact with his parents, older brother and two children.

A representative of the medical center told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that the patient is in stable health condition, and is suffering no fever and cough.

The representative advises residents to regularly wash their hands, and restrict their contact with ill people to avoid monkeypox transmission.

The Dong Nai Province Center for Disease Control documented the first case of monkeypox on September 25.

The patient is L.V.T., a 25-year-old resident of Xuan Loc District under the province.

He developed some symptoms of fever, cold shiver, rashes, and pustules on September 17.

The patient traveled to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Dermato-Venereology for a medical checkup on September 22, and tested positive for monkeypox.

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