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May 21, 2022
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Communication from the Department of Health, Social Affairs and Integration:
Monkey pox: first case in the canton of Bern
A first suspected case of monkey pox was reported yesterday to the Cantonal Medical Service (SMC) of the Department of Health, Social Affairs and Integration of the Canton of Bern and to the Federal Office of Public Health ( FOPH). Laboratory analyzes carried out at the CRIVE of the Geneva University Hospitals confirmed the suspicion this afternoon.
SMC has undertaken contact tracing to identify possible chains of transmission. As far as we know, the person concerned was exposed to the virus abroad. She is followed on an outpatient basis and is in isolation at her home. All contact persons have been informed.
Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that is transmitted from animals (mainly rodents) to humans. Since the beginning of May, there has been a very unusual increase in cases of monkeypox in humans in several European countries and in the United States. Human-to-human transmission can occur through close contact with respiratory secretions, skin lesions of an infected person, or recently contaminated objects (eg, bed sheets). Droplet transmission usually requires prolonged personal contact.
The first symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, muscle and back pain and swollen glands. One to three days after the onset of fever, a rash develops, with smallpox-like blisters or pustules. The rash usually spreads from the head to the rest of the body. The palms of the hands and soles of the feet may also be affected. In the event of confirmed infection, that is to say after a laboratory analysis and a medical consultation, the cantonal doctor's service orders isolation until the last vesicles have turned into scabs.
Unlike human smallpox, which has been eradicated since 1980, monkeypox is generally much less severe. Most people recover within several weeks. On the whole, the prognosis can therefore be considered favorable, even if serious evolutions can occur in some affected people.
This is the first known case of monkeypox in Switzerland.
May 21, 2022
Overview of press releases
Communication from the Department of Health, Social Affairs and Integration:
Monkey pox: first case in the canton of Bern
A first suspected case of monkey pox was reported yesterday to the Cantonal Medical Service (SMC) of the Department of Health, Social Affairs and Integration of the Canton of Bern and to the Federal Office of Public Health ( FOPH). Laboratory analyzes carried out at the CRIVE of the Geneva University Hospitals confirmed the suspicion this afternoon.
SMC has undertaken contact tracing to identify possible chains of transmission. As far as we know, the person concerned was exposed to the virus abroad. She is followed on an outpatient basis and is in isolation at her home. All contact persons have been informed.
Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that is transmitted from animals (mainly rodents) to humans. Since the beginning of May, there has been a very unusual increase in cases of monkeypox in humans in several European countries and in the United States. Human-to-human transmission can occur through close contact with respiratory secretions, skin lesions of an infected person, or recently contaminated objects (eg, bed sheets). Droplet transmission usually requires prolonged personal contact.
The first symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, muscle and back pain and swollen glands. One to three days after the onset of fever, a rash develops, with smallpox-like blisters or pustules. The rash usually spreads from the head to the rest of the body. The palms of the hands and soles of the feet may also be affected. In the event of confirmed infection, that is to say after a laboratory analysis and a medical consultation, the cantonal doctor's service orders isolation until the last vesicles have turned into scabs.
Unlike human smallpox, which has been eradicated since 1980, monkeypox is generally much less severe. Most people recover within several weeks. On the whole, the prognosis can therefore be considered favorable, even if serious evolutions can occur in some affected people.
This is the first known case of monkeypox in Switzerland.
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