Given the health alert due to the rise in cases of monkeypox, it is advisable to take into account its symptoms, which are summarized in
high fever, headache, muscle aches and skin rashes initially on the face and then all over the body.
In any case, monkeypox does not usually have serious effects, and usually shows behavior similar to that of the traditional smallpox that has already been eradicated.
What must be taken into account are skin rashes, usually on the face, which take between one and three days to appear after the virus is infected.
The Junta de Castilla y León has activated the protocol for action, epidemiology and care, in the event of a suspected case of monkeypox infection in the Community. It is a protocol that has been activated through the General Directorate of Public Health of this community in Spain.
The Ministry of Health has sent the corresponding tests, following the protocol established by the Coordinating Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES) for the entire National Health System.
The case now under investigation meets clinical and epidemiological criteria, for which the Epidemiology Services of the Board have transferred the corresponding samples to the National Center for Microbiology in Majadahonda (Madrid).
The epidemiologist at Hospital Clínic, Professor of Public Health at the University of Barcelona (UB) and ISGlobal researcher, Antoni Trilla, defends that, for now, “it has not been shown” that monkeypox “has a high mutation capacity , unlike covid-19”. Despite this, he has not ruled out that this situation could change in the future.
A further 71 cases of monkeypox have been identified in England, the UK Health Security Agency said on Monday. This brings the total number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the UK as a whole from May 7 to 179.
A UK health worker caring for a monkeypox patient developed a skin rash 18 days later in the first case of hospital transmission of the infection outside of Africa.
Contrary to the classic description of monkeypox, the rash appeared without the health worker having had a fever, headache, or muscle aches in the preceding days.
Informs Josep Corbella.
The board of directors of the World Health Organization agreed on Monday to form a new committee to help speed up its response to health emergencies such as Covid-19 and in the context of the monkeypox outbreak.
The UN health agency has faced criticism for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including the pace of its response to early cases that may have delayed detection and helped the virus spread. Some disease experts say governments and the WHO must avoid repeating those early missteps with other outbreaks like monkeypox.
A specific vaccine against monkeypox has not yet been developed, but data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that
the original smallpox vaccine is 85% effective against the simian variant.
For this reason, it is unknown whether doses specially designed to combat monkeypox will be created or those that were left in disuse years ago due to the eradication of traditional smallpox will be used.
In this sense, lack of manufacturing has caused the population in Africa to lose immunity against monkeypox and the disease reproduces more easily.
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, said on Monday that the situation of monkeypox in the region “is one of total calm and control.” Speaking to the media at the Metropolitan Stadium Metro station, she assured that the regional government is “pending” on the evolution of monkeypox.
Ayuso affirmed that the Ministry of Health is “at all times on top of the matter”, although he sent a message of calm, since the situation is “of tranquility and control”.
The Community of Madrid began this Monday to carry out the PCR tests and genomic sequencing of monkeypox or monkeypox to determine the positivity of the cases.
This is a decision that is adopted after the regional government has conveyed its criticism for the lack of speed of the Ministry of Health in communicating the results of the analyzes carried out by the laboratory of the National Center for Microbiology (CNM) of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII).
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The Community of Madrid begins the analysis tests for monkeypox
The Department of Health reported last Friday about 5 new cases of monkeypox in Catalonia, which leaves the global figure at 9. In total, 7 people are linked to other cases detected in the State and 2 more are still under investigation.
According to the Department, the process to confirm potential suspected cases of monkeypox requires microbiology and sequencing studies that are not immediate.
The suspicious cases that the Epidemiological Surveillance Network of Catalonia (XVEC) classifies as such are reported to the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES).
The World Health Organization does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa will lead to a pandemic, while insisting it remains unclear whether infected people who show no symptoms can transmit the disease, it has said. responsible today.
There are more than 300 suspected and confirmed cases of monkeypox, mostly in Europe, a generally mild illness that spreads through close contact and can cause flu-like symptoms and pus-filled skin lesions.
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Monkeypox can cause many cases, but not a pandemic
The Ministry of Health confirmed this Monday 120 cases of monkeypox in Spain. These are 22 more cases than those reported last Friday by the laboratory of the National Center for Microbiology (CNM) of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII).
So far, it has received a total of 245 samples belonging to suspected monkeypox cases, making 45 new suspects since Friday.
On the other hand, there are 125 suspected cases that have tested negative for smallpox and other orthopoxviruses, so they have been ruled out.
Good morning and welcome to a new direct with all the news about monkeypox in Spain and around the world.
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