Portugal with 633 confirmed cases of monkeypox
Portugal has a total of 633 confirmed cases of infection with the monkeypox virus, 45 a week, according to data from the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), which indicates that 82.6% of cases were reported in the health region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley.
According to the DGS weekly report, all regions of mainland Portugal and Madeira reported cases of human infection with the VMPX virus, the North is the second region of the country with the most reported cases of monkeypox (66), followed by the Center ( 11), the Alentejo and Algarve (seven) and Madeira (three), consult the weekly information from the Health Authority.
The last presence of the monkeyx virus (VMPX) was detected in Portugal on May 3, with laboratory confirmation of five cases of infection, and, from Wednesday to Wednesday, 633 cases were identified.
According to the DGS, of the universe of cases reported in the Epidemiological Surveillance System, most 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 % ) be female.
From 1 years of cases of first contacts, they were chosen from 1 cases of two first contacts, to be designated and main for the three main contacts in the still different regions of the country, informed from a preliminary contract in the still different regions of the country, reported below.
Until July 27, 59 people had been vaccinated in the country, close contacts of cases.
From January 1 to July 22, 16,016 confirmed cases and 73 probable cases of human infection with monkeypox virus were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 75 countries.
Globally, the top 10 countries125 are: Spain (3,326 countries25), United States of America (2,316), Germany (2,31 countries28), France (1,45326 Netherlands), Canada (61), Brazil (592), Portugal (588) and Italy (374).
The number of deaths increased, maintaining the five deaths from WHO Africa.
According to the DGS, the most common symptoms of the disease are intense headache, fever, back pain, enlarged lymph nodes with the progressive appearance of rashes that reach the skin and pain.
A person who can be damaged only after being in four weeks, according to the DGS.