There are 917 cases of chickenpox in Portugal
The number of cases of monkeypox virus infection in Portugal rose to 917, more confirmed than the total recorded for the week.
“All regions of mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Region of Madeira reported cases, of which 654 (77.5%) in the health region of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo”, said the DGS in the weekly update on the evolution of the disease in the country. .
According to the health authority, until Wednesday, 845 cases were reported in SINAVEmed (National Epidemiological Surveillance System), most of which belong to the age group between 30 and 39 years (44%). According to the eight data from the DGS, 99% of infections were recorded in men (837), with cases reported in women.
The DGS also advanced that the recent average of confirmed cases of monkeypox virus “corroborates the slowdown observed in the notification and, by approximation, in the confirmation of infection”.
As for the authority of 19 people since already-exposure, from 6 people health have already been privacy and privacy, continuing to vaccinate different regions.
On Tuesday, the DGS patched the prevention of the VMPX virus.
“The management of the availability of the administration will be operationalized in the different techniques and execution of the country, guaranteeing the adequacy of the administration, place of use of the tools and the DGS today
Under the mass promotion vaccination strategy against monkeypox, the vaccine scale-back strategy is very low and the severity of the vaccine is currently limited.
The common symptoms of monkeypox infection are fever, pain of intense increasing pain, back pain, fatigue, progressive onset of lymph nodes and rashes that reach the skin and mucous membranes.
Only one person who can be infected drops out after a full week of scabs, of dermatological solutions, a period that can be predicted, four full weeks.
The monkeypox virus is transmitted by contact, namely through physical contact with or near fluids, or contact with material such as sheets, towels or personal equipment.