The cases were identified this month, all in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, mostly in young people and all male.

The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in Portugal has risen to 20, CNN Portugal learned from a hospital source.

The Directorate-General for Health (DGS) had confirmed five, but, in the meantime, the Centro Hospitalar Lisboa CentralCHULC), which is following up 15 suspected cases, which have confirmed the presence of the Monkeypox virus. These options are also being presented by the Ricardo Jorge National Institute of Health (INSA) and only after this body confirms the results does the DGS give the results as positive.

Since the patients are hospitalized and none are being accompanied, at home, by doctors from the Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central.

The cases were identified this month, all in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, mostly in young people and all male.

“They are stable, capable of overcoming ulcers”, indicated the DGS.

Monkeypox virus, or monkeypox, of the genus Orthopoxvirus and causes communicable disease through contact with animals or close contact with infected people or contaminated materials, explains the national health authority.

“The disease is rare and usually does not spread easily among humans”, warns the statement from the health authority. “Suspected individuals who present with ulcers, rash, palpable lymph nodes, accompanied by headaches, pain and problems, should seek medical advice. .

“The UK has reported similar cases of national disease infection, with confirmed Monkeypox virus. .

This rare variant of smallpox was detected in the UK on 7 May, diagnosed in a person who reportedly contracted an infection after a trip to Nigeria.

In 2003, 43 people were identified with the virus in the US. A smaller outbreak was recorded in Britain in 2018.