Lucca patient had fever and anemia, 'no risk of contagion'

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 8 - A Lucca man who returned from Congo with symptoms of the new mystery disease that has killed dozens of people in the African country had fever and anemia but there was no risk of contagion, the Tuscan city's hospital's infectious disease chief said Sunday.
    "The man who returned to Lucca works in Congo 700 km from the area where the outbreak was documented," said Spartaco Sani, head of infectious diseases at the San Luca hospital in Lucca, "He had been hospitalized with fever and anemia, now he is fine.
    Just to be on the safe side, he was contacted again for tests, but to date there is no risk of contagion".
    The man had flu-like symptoms potentially attributable to the disease that is affecting a region of the African country.
    The patient has been contacted again in the last few hours by the Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Italy's premier hub in the sector, for further tests.
    photo: mpox (ANSA).