The person from Kirçova was tested for monkeypox today and is currently in isolation, the spokesperson of the Commission for Infectious Diseases, Zlate Mehmedovic, confirmed for the Macedonian News Agency.

"The patient from Kicova was contacted today and then tested by the Public Health Center in Bitola.

He is currently in isolation and we are waiting for the test results until 20:00", added Mehmedovic.

This was the first patient suspected of having monkeypox but refusing to be tested.

The Chairman of the Commission for Infectious Diseases, Aleksandar Petličkovski, in the last press conference regarding this case, emphasized that there is no legal possibility to force the person to be tested, because this is not a disease that is followed by mandatory isolation, but it is only a recommendation.

But, as he said, there is an opportunity to seek health supervision.