US Central Command spokesman Bill Speaks said the first case of monkeypox has been reported in the US military, a member of the US Central Command in Europe.

Bill Spikes, spokesman for the US military's European headquarters, said in a statement that the first case of monkeypox has been reported in the military. The patient was in military service, but his identity was not disclosed.

The patient is currently being treated at a hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, and has been quarantined.

Public health officials say the risk to the entire population is unlikely, but those who have had contact with the patient are being monitored as a precaution.

Monkeypox is a rare disease that causes symptoms on the skin, especially on both hands and face. The sufferer is characterized by headache, fever, muscle tension and thickening of the glands.