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July 5, 2022
/ 10:05 a.m.
Panamanian health authorities confirmed this Tuesday the first case of monkeypox in a 30-year-old patient who remains stable in isolation.
“In the afternoon (Monday), we are confirmed that the patient is positive for the monkeypox virus. It is the first case in the country,” Panamanian Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre said at a press conference.
The patient, a 30-year-old man, is isolated in a hospital in Panama City and, so far, he only has a fever, for which he will receive symptomatic treatment, according to the authorities.
The head of the Health portfolio told Efe that "there is no reason to be alarmed", since monkeypox "has shown on the face of the world that it is not highly contagious nor does it have a high lethality", which "gives a peace of mind everyone."
“So this is not the same, it is not going to possibly transform into a situation like the one that covid transformed, due to the same characteristic of the disease, which is self-limited, it goes away on its own. It has already been shown that the main form of contagion is through a relationship or intimate contact (although) other routes have not been ruled out,” Sucre added.
In any case, "the epidemiological surveillance system (...) and genomic surveillance (...) is being carried out," added the minister, who asked the population to maintain hygiene and biosafety standards.
This first case was confirmed by the Gorgas Memorial Institute, a state entity dedicated to medical research, after the patient went for a test since he had had suspicious symptoms for days.
Since the beginning of last May, more than 3,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 47 countries, many of which had never registered this disease, which has been observed in particular among men who have sex with men, according to the World Organization of Health (WHO).
The WHO noted that the vast majority of patients have not been vaccinated against smallpox, as the routine smallpox vaccine also protects against monkeypox, a disease neglected for many years in Africa.
According to the WHO, it should not be classified in Europe and countries in other regions as an international health emergency, as is the case with covid-19. EFE
Panamá confirma primer caso de viruela del mono y pide calma a la población
HG
/ 5 de julio de 2022 / 10:05 am
Las autoridades sanitarias de Panamá confirmaron este martes el primer caso de viruela del mono en un paciente de 30 años que se mantiene estable en aislamiento.
“En horas de la tarde (del lunes), se nos confirma que el paciente es positivo para el virus de la viruela del mono. Es el primer caso que hay en el país”, dijo en rueda de prensa el ministro de Salud de Panamá, Luis Francisco Sucre. ...
July 5, 2022
/ 10:05 a.m.
Panamanian health authorities confirmed this Tuesday the first case of monkeypox in a 30-year-old patient who remains stable in isolation.
“In the afternoon (Monday), we are confirmed that the patient is positive for the monkeypox virus. It is the first case in the country,” Panamanian Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre said at a press conference.
The patient, a 30-year-old man, is isolated in a hospital in Panama City and, so far, he only has a fever, for which he will receive symptomatic treatment, according to the authorities.
The head of the Health portfolio told Efe that "there is no reason to be alarmed", since monkeypox "has shown on the face of the world that it is not highly contagious nor does it have a high lethality", which "gives a peace of mind everyone."
“So this is not the same, it is not going to possibly transform into a situation like the one that covid transformed, due to the same characteristic of the disease, which is self-limited, it goes away on its own. It has already been shown that the main form of contagion is through a relationship or intimate contact (although) other routes have not been ruled out,” Sucre added.
In any case, "the epidemiological surveillance system (...) and genomic surveillance (...) is being carried out," added the minister, who asked the population to maintain hygiene and biosafety standards.
This first case was confirmed by the Gorgas Memorial Institute, a state entity dedicated to medical research, after the patient went for a test since he had had suspicious symptoms for days.
Since the beginning of last May, more than 3,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 47 countries, many of which had never registered this disease, which has been observed in particular among men who have sex with men, according to the World Organization of Health (WHO).
The WHO noted that the vast majority of patients have not been vaccinated against smallpox, as the routine smallpox vaccine also protects against monkeypox, a disease neglected for many years in Africa.
According to the WHO, it should not be classified in Europe and countries in other regions as an international health emergency, as is the case with covid-19. EFE
Panamá confirma primer caso de viruela del mono y pide calma a la población
HG
/ 5 de julio de 2022 / 10:05 am
Las autoridades sanitarias de Panamá confirmaron este martes el primer caso de viruela del mono en un paciente de 30 años que se mantiene estable en aislamiento.
“En horas de la tarde (del lunes), se nos confirma que el paciente es positivo para el virus de la viruela del mono. Es el primer caso que hay en el país”, dijo en rueda de prensa el ministro de Salud de Panamá, Luis Francisco Sucre. ...
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