Portugal with 633 confirmed cases of monkeypox virus

Portugal with 633 confirmed cases of monkeypox virus

According to the DGS weekly report, all regions of mainland Portugal and Madeira have reported human cases of VMPX, with the north being the second most reported cases of monkeypox in the country (66), followed by the center (11). , Alentejo, Algarve (seven) and Madeira (three), refer to the health authority’s weekly information.

Monkeypox virus (VMPX) was detected in Portugal on May 3, with five lab-confirmed cases of infection, and 633 cases have been recorded since then and since last Wednesday.

According to the DGS, most of the cases reported in the epidemiological surveillance system belong to the age group between 30 and 39 years and the vast majority of infections (99.6%) are men, with two cases (0, 4%) being women. .

The Directorate General of Food informed that the vaccination of the first three contacts of the cases began on July 16, and since then the eligible contacts in different parts of the country are still being identified and vaccination is targeted.

By July 27, 59 people in the country had been vaccinated, and they had close contact with the cases.

From January 1 to July 22, 16,016 confirmed cases and 73 human cases of monkeypox were reported to WHO in 75 countries.

In general, the 10 most affected countries are: Spain (3125), the USA (2316), Germany (2268), the United Kingdom (2137), France (1453), the Netherlands (712) and Canada (615). Brazil (592), Portugal (588) and Italy (374).

The number of deaths did not increase, so the five deaths from the WHO in Africa were preserved.

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According to the DGS, the most common symptoms of the disease are fever, severe headache, muscle aches, back pain, fatigue and swollen lymph nodes with a gradual appearance of a rash affecting the skin and mucous membranes.

A sick person is no longer contagious until the skin lesions have completely healed and spread, a period that can eventually be longer than four weeks according to the DGS.

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