Nicaragua Activates Epidemiological Surveillance for Monkeypox

The Government of Nicaragua activated this Monday the epidemiological surveillance for the monkey poxas a preventive measure, since so far no case has been reported in the country, an official source reported.

“We ensure, through the Ministry of Health, epidemiological surveillance to timely detect any suspected case, according to symptoms and travel history”Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo said through official media.

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The also first lady indicated that the Government of Nicaragua is “in close coordination with the WHO/PAHO to learn about the behavior of the cases reported in all these countries and their epidemiological impact on the world, given this situation in other countries.”

According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), so far 28 cases of 92 monkeypox suspects have been confirmed in different countries, however, he noted that he expects more cases “be identified as surveillance expands in countries that are not endemic.”

The agency maintains that the greatest risk of contagion is physical contact with someone infected or with symptoms of the disease, although so far none of the cases have been shown to have been in the endemic area of ​​monkeypox, which has been identified mainly , but not exclusively, among men who have sex with men.

Transmission occurs through body fluids, wound contact, droplets, and contaminated material. The symptoms are similar to those that patients with smallpox presented in the past, but less severe.

The symptoms of monkeypox are similar to that of the eradicated smallpox, but somewhat milder, including fever, headache, muscle and back pain, chills and exhaustion – and there is often swollen glands and a skin rash.

Source: Elcomercio

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