Man tests positive for monkeypox, COVID and HIV at the same time

A 36-year-old man in Italy reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV at the same time.

The man detected with the three kinds of infections had recently returned from Spain. 

He had developed the symptoms nine days after returning from his five-day trip.

As per a report published in the Journal of Infection, the man developed "fever, a sore throat, fatigue, and headache". He had tested COVID positive after three days of experiencing the first symptoms.

The patient had also developed a rash on his "left arm". Following this, "painful vesicles that surrounded a rash appeared on the patient's torso, lower limbs, face and glutes", according to sources.