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Possible community transmission of monkeypox in La Paz
> The Director of the La Paz Headquarters confirmed that the fifth wave of covid-19 infections is about to end in the department, which since its inception has claimed the lives of 7 people.
08/27/2022 6:29 am
The department of La Paz registered four patients with monkeypox until this Friday, of which one of them is suspected to be due to community transmission, reported the director of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters), Mayber Aparicio.
This is a 35-year-old patient from the municipality of Viacha who has no history of having traveled anywhere outside the department of La Paz or abroad.
“The third patient is considered autochthonous, the first two external infections in the department; the third, apparently I say, because we are still studying the case, could be the first autochthonous case in our department,” Aparicio said.
Health personnel are investigating all the contacts he had to confirm who may have infected him, reported Erbol.
According to the official report on Thursday, three new cases were registered in Santa Cruz, therefore, the global figure in that department rises to 47, of which one recovered, in addition to the fact that 87 negatives were registered; in Cochabamba 14 were negative and five positive; in La Paz there were 22 negative cases and three active ones, although in recent hours a fourth case was confirmed and in Potosí, out of four suspects, one tested positive.
According to El Deber, an eight-year-old boy was diagnosed with monkeypox and this is the first case in children under 12 years of age in Santa Cruz.
Meanwhile, in Oruro there were six negatives and 0 positives; in Chuquisaca four were negative and 0 confirmed; in Tarija three negatives and 0 confirmed; in Beni 12 negatives and 0 confirmed and finally in Pando three tests were negative and 0 confirmed.
The Ministry of Health and Sports reported that the protocols for the specific diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of cases and contacts are coordinated with the Departmental Health Services (Headquarters), according to ABI.
Likewise, the Epidemiology department carries out the tracing of all contacts with positive patients, as well as suspects, following the surveillance and blockade protocol established by the national government.
On the other hand, the director of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of La Paz, Mayber Aparicio, reported that the department is about to conclude the fifth wave of covid-19 infections, which since its inception took the lives of 7 people.
“Surely the end of the fifth wave of infections in the department would be coming this spring, we would already be about to conclude. To date, only approximately 7 deaths have been reported in total in everything that is the fifth wave of infections, ”said Aparicio.
The health authority explained that the previous week 3,200 positive cases of covid-19 were reported, which represents a decrease of 18%, in relation to the previous epidemiological week, reflected Urgente.bo
“Officially, La Paz Headquarters would have entered the de-escalation of covid-19 infections,” he indicated.
