Australia confirms first monkeypox case in returned traveller

A skin lesion caused by the monkeypox virus (AAP)

A skin lesion caused by the monkeypox virus (AAP) Credit: MARSHFIELD CLINIC/AP

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A man in his thirties has been diagnosed with monkeypox after returning to Australia from the United Kingdom.

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