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Monkeypox in Peru: what is known about the suspected case?
Health authorities reported the first suspected contagion of monkeypox in our territory. The Minsa has already activated protocols to detect any infected.
The Republic
larepublica_pe
ediciondigital@glr.pe
31 May 2022
Updated on May 31, 2022 | 7:01 a.m.
This Monday, May 30, the authorities warned about the first suspected case of monkeypox in Peru . The information came from the north of the country, by the authorities of the Piura Regional Health Directorate .
The person who would be infected with this strain is an adult over 70 years of age, who would have traveled to the city of Machala, Ecuador. Here, he would have contracted the virus. Also, the patient has diabetes comorbidity. The details were provided by Raúl Gonzáles Navarro, director of the Santa Rosa de Piura hospital.
What is the current status of the suspected monkeypox case?
At the moment, the older adult suspected of having been infected with monkeypox is hospitalized in an isolation area, while awaiting the results of the tests to which he was subjected.
“It is a suspected case, it is not yet confirmed. The patient has already been reviewed by infectologists and a medical meeting has even been held. He is a 70-year-old diabetic patient without treatment. He has been living in Machala, Ecuador, and, for two months, he has started with skin lesions, spots on his skin, with severe anemia. He is in an isolation area”, declared for the newspaper Correo.
The tests were sent to the National Institute of Health (INS) to take charge of the analysis and provide the results. However, these had to be sent to the United States, because Peru does not have the tools to do this job.
“The INS (National Institute of Health) is not equipped with this technology, with these studies. It seems that the country is not prepared, it should have been prepared already and have the tests with this technology in the national laboratories, which do not have it. The samples have been sent to the United States for law studies”,said director Raúl Gonzáles Navarro, director of the Santa Rosa de Piura hospital.
Latin American countries with positive cases of monkeypox
If the case is confirmed, Peru would become the third country in Latin America to register cases of monkeypox . The first were Argentina and Mexico. The first registered two positive cases last Friday, May 27, in the province of Buenos Aires.
Meanwhile, the first patient with this virus was also confirmed in Mexican territory. This is a 50-year-old person who is being treated in CDMX.
Authorities of the Diresa de Piura speak about the patient suspected of monkeypox
This Monday, May 30, the regional director of Health, Fernando Agüero Mija, spoke to the media in the city of Piura and pointed out that the isolated patient would not be infected with monkeypox .
First of all, he assured that There is no positive patient with this virus. Second, adults over 70 years of age, suspected of having this disease, have skin lesions but these are not "typical" of this zoonotic viral disease.
Monkeypox in Peru: what is known about the suspected case?
Health authorities reported the first suspected contagion of monkeypox in our territory. The Minsa has already activated protocols to detect any infected.
The Republic
larepublica_pe
ediciondigital@glr.pe
31 May 2022
Updated on May 31, 2022 | 7:01 a.m.
This Monday, May 30, the authorities warned about the first suspected case of monkeypox in Peru . The information came from the north of the country, by the authorities of the Piura Regional Health Directorate .
The person who would be infected with this strain is an adult over 70 years of age, who would have traveled to the city of Machala, Ecuador. Here, he would have contracted the virus. Also, the patient has diabetes comorbidity. The details were provided by Raúl Gonzáles Navarro, director of the Santa Rosa de Piura hospital.
What is the current status of the suspected monkeypox case?
At the moment, the older adult suspected of having been infected with monkeypox is hospitalized in an isolation area, while awaiting the results of the tests to which he was subjected.
“It is a suspected case, it is not yet confirmed. The patient has already been reviewed by infectologists and a medical meeting has even been held. He is a 70-year-old diabetic patient without treatment. He has been living in Machala, Ecuador, and, for two months, he has started with skin lesions, spots on his skin, with severe anemia. He is in an isolation area”, declared for the newspaper Correo.
The tests were sent to the National Institute of Health (INS) to take charge of the analysis and provide the results. However, these had to be sent to the United States, because Peru does not have the tools to do this job.
“The INS (National Institute of Health) is not equipped with this technology, with these studies. It seems that the country is not prepared, it should have been prepared already and have the tests with this technology in the national laboratories, which do not have it. The samples have been sent to the United States for law studies”,said director Raúl Gonzáles Navarro, director of the Santa Rosa de Piura hospital.
Latin American countries with positive cases of monkeypox
If the case is confirmed, Peru would become the third country in Latin America to register cases of monkeypox . The first were Argentina and Mexico. The first registered two positive cases last Friday, May 27, in the province of Buenos Aires.
Meanwhile, the first patient with this virus was also confirmed in Mexican territory. This is a 50-year-old person who is being treated in CDMX.
Authorities of the Diresa de Piura speak about the patient suspected of monkeypox
This Monday, May 30, the regional director of Health, Fernando Agüero Mija, spoke to the media in the city of Piura and pointed out that the isolated patient would not be infected with monkeypox .
First of all, he assured that There is no positive patient with this virus. Second, adults over 70 years of age, suspected of having this disease, have skin lesions but these are not "typical" of this zoonotic viral disease.
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