Source: https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/minsal...pais_20220902/
02.09.2022 / 23:35
Minsal registered 450 cases of monkeypox in the country
Currently, two of the cases are hospitalized for management of co-infections or cormobilities. Likewise, to date no deaths from the disease have been reported, while 89.6% reside in the Metropolitan Region.
This day, the Ministry of Health reported a total of 450 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country. According to the weekly report, as of September 1, 2022, 451 cases of the disease were registered (450 confirmed and 1 probable). Currently, two of the cases are hospitalized for management of co-infections or cormobilities.
Also, to date no deaths from the disease have been reported.
Of the total number of infections, 89.6% reside in the Metropolitan Region. Other regions that have presented cases are Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, O'Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, La Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos, all of them with between 1 to 12 cases.
In this line, the cases presented with a median of 34 years, being the group between 30 and 39 years (n=231), the one that concentrated the largest number of cases.
98.7% of the cases corresponded to men. The most frequent signs and symptoms are acute rash (99.5%), anogenital skin/mucosal lesions (68.7%), lymphadenopathy (56.7%), headache (53.2%), myalgia (53, 2%) and fever (50.2%).
02.09.2022 / 23:35
Minsal registered 450 cases of monkeypox in the country
Currently, two of the cases are hospitalized for management of co-infections or cormobilities. Likewise, to date no deaths from the disease have been reported, while 89.6% reside in the Metropolitan Region.
This day, the Ministry of Health reported a total of 450 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country. According to the weekly report, as of September 1, 2022, 451 cases of the disease were registered (450 confirmed and 1 probable). Currently, two of the cases are hospitalized for management of co-infections or cormobilities.
Also, to date no deaths from the disease have been reported.
Of the total number of infections, 89.6% reside in the Metropolitan Region. Other regions that have presented cases are Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, O'Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, La Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos, all of them with between 1 to 12 cases.
In this line, the cases presented with a median of 34 years, being the group between 30 and 39 years (n=231), the one that concentrated the largest number of cases.
98.7% of the cases corresponded to men. The most frequent signs and symptoms are acute rash (99.5%), anogenital skin/mucosal lesions (68.7%), lymphadenopathy (56.7%), headache (53.2%), myalgia (53, 2%) and fever (50.2%).
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