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El Salvador began 2023 with 10 new cases of monkeypox
By Maryelos Cea
February 12, 2023 00:00 - GMT-6
MINSAL data indicates that as of January 7, 79 patients with the disease had been confirmed.
In the first week of 2023, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) confirmed 10 new cases of monkeypox, a disease that since last year began to affect countries where it is not endemic, including El Salvador.
After six weeks of silence, the MINSAL published the 2023 epidemiological bulletin on Thursday, corresponding to the period between January 1 and 7. The preliminary information, delivered by 95.3% of the units that must provide their data to the ministry, indicates that in that period there were at least 10 new patients with the disease.
In this way, since August 30, 2022 - when the first patient was confirmed - and until January 7, the health authorities have detected 79 people with this condition.
The MINSAL bulletin does not detail the ages or sex of these patients. On previous occasions, the head of the branch, Francisco Alabi, has said that, as in other countries where mpox has appeared, the majority of infections are concentrated in young males...
El Salvador began 2023 with 10 new cases of monkeypox
By Maryelos Cea
February 12, 2023 00:00 - GMT-6
MINSAL data indicates that as of January 7, 79 patients with the disease had been confirmed.
In the first week of 2023, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) confirmed 10 new cases of monkeypox, a disease that since last year began to affect countries where it is not endemic, including El Salvador.
After six weeks of silence, the MINSAL published the 2023 epidemiological bulletin on Thursday, corresponding to the period between January 1 and 7. The preliminary information, delivered by 95.3% of the units that must provide their data to the ministry, indicates that in that period there were at least 10 new patients with the disease.
In this way, since August 30, 2022 - when the first patient was confirmed - and until January 7, the health authorities have detected 79 people with this condition.
The MINSAL bulletin does not detail the ages or sex of these patients. On previous occasions, the head of the branch, Francisco Alabi, has said that, as in other countries where mpox has appeared, the majority of infections are concentrated in young males...
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