Toronto Health Authorities Investigate First Suspected Monkeypox Case

This electron microscopic (EM) image depicted a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery, via The Canadian Press

Toronto Public Health says it is investigating Ontario’s first suspected case of monkeypox.

Health officials say the case is a man in his 40s who had contact with someone who had recently travelled to Montreal.