Bolivia: 2022 Mpox

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By: Micaela Sanjines Ordóñez • Bolivia.com
Bolivia added four other cases of monkeypox in total, the infections amount to 117
In total, there are 129 people who have contracted monkeypox, of which 12 have already managed to overcome the disease.
Thu, 15 / Sep / 2022 10:59 am

The Ministry of Health released a new epidemiological report on monkeypox infections. The report details that to date the active cases amounted to 117 and 12 people have already managed to overcome monkeypox. After showing the presence of four infected people this Wednesday, the total number of people who have or had the virus reached 129.

In the detail by department, the report explains that in the department of La Paz there are six positive cases for monkeypox, Oruro has not presented cases so far and Potosí remained with only one infected. In the department of Cochabamba, seven positive cases have been reported so far, Chuquisaca maintains its only infected and Tarija has not reported patients with monkeypox.

The department of Santa Cruz continues to rise in cases of the viral disease, so far 114 patients have been reported, while Beni and Pando continue without reporting monkeypox infections.

Based on current data on monkeypox, person-to-person transmission occurs through close and prolonged contact. Routes of transmission include respiratory droplets to which the individual is exposed after prolonged face-to-face contact or intimate physical contact. Direct contact with infectious lesions or other body fluids can also be a means of contagion or through contact with clothing or sheets contaminated with crusts or body fluids.

Let's remember that when a person contracts monkeypox, they can present: fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, lack of energy and swollen lymph nodes. After these symptoms, the following appear: rashes that can last from two to three weeks and can be located on the face, the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, the eyes, the mouth, the neck, the groin and the regions body genitals. Symptoms usually last two to three weeks.

This is how the Ministry of Health set up a free line 800101104 that will allow patients who are positive or suspected of monkeypox to receive care, medical follow-up and guidance. If you also require information about monkeypox, symptoms and contagion, you can access the web page set up by the Ministry of Health.

 

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Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/viruel...el-monkey-ascienden-a-145-en-bolivia/47912356

Active cases of monkeypox rise to 145 in Bolivia
This content was published on September 19, 2022 - 14:01 September 19, 2022 - 14:01

La Paz, Sep 19 (EFE) .- Active infections of monkeypox in Bolivia amounted to 145, of which 92 are still active and 7 correspond to minors, the Ministry of Health reported Monday.

At a press conference, the Minister of Health, Jeyson Auza, detailed the evolution of the outbreak in the country, highlighting "the work of the national health system" to contain the disease.

Of 578 suspected cases of monkeypox, 433 have been ruled out.

Of the nine departments of the country, Santa Cruz concentrates the majority of the positive cases with 130, followed by Cochabamba with 7, La Paz with six and Chuquisaca and Potosí with one each, while in the regions of Pando, Oruro, Tarija and Beni no infections reported yet.

Of all the infections that have occurred in the country, 120 correspond to patients between the ages of 20 and 39, 15 between the ages of 40 and 49, 5 between the ages of 15 and 19, 3 between the ages of 50 and 59, and one case between the ranges from 1 to 5 years and 10 to 14 years.

The ministry indicated "that the prevention and surveillance work is slowing down the number of cases of monkeypox" and that, as with covid-19, biosecurity measures must "continue"...

 

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Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/viruel...recovered-from-la-viruela-del-monkey/47931302

Bolivia reports 113 active cases and 61 recovered cases of monkeypox
This content was published on September 26, 2022 - 14:33 September 26, 2022 - 14:33

La Paz, Sep 26 (EFE) .- The Bolivian Ministry of Health reported this Monday that the country has 113 active cases of monkeypox and 61 are patients who have recovered from this disease that is active in three departments of Bolivia.

The Minister of Health, Jeyson Auza, reported at a press conference in La Paz that of the 174 cases reported in total, 113 are in the "recovery process" and that there are already 61 people who have recovered and can continue with treatment. their "everyday life".

Active cases are distributed in the central axis of the country, that is, in the departments of La Paz, central Cochabamba and eastern Santa Cruz, the latter being one of the departments hardest hit by covid-19 and now this disease.

The minister detailed the age ranges of active cases of monkeypox in the country, so that five patients are in the range of 5 to 19 years, while 94 are between 20 to 39 years.

While 10 patients are between 40 and 49 years old and four patients are between 50 and 59 years old, according to information released by Auza.

He also stressed that of the 61 recovered, 50 patients are in Santa Cruz, five in Cochabamba, four in La Paz, and one in Chuquisaca and in the Potosí highlands, respectively...

 

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Source: https://www.bolivia.com/actualidad/...-pacientes-activos-de-viruela-del-mono-368704

Bolivia reaches 122 active patients who contracted monkeypox
Monkeypox cases continue to rise, especially in the department of Santa Cruz, which reports the highest number of infections nationwide.
Wed, 28 / Sep / 2022 5:33 pm
By: Micaela Sanjines Ordóñez • Bolivia.com

The new report on monkeypox in Bolivia, issued by the Ministry of Health and Sports, reported five new cases of the disease, so that up to now there is a total of 122 active patients.

In the same way, 63 recovered patients were reported, so the total number of patients who contracted monkeypox amounts to 185 people.

In the detail by department, the report explains that in the department of La Paz there are seven positive cases for monkeypox, Oruro and Potosí maintained the number of infections, with zero and one respectively. The department of Cochabamba reported seven positive cases, in Chuquisaca there is only one patient with the disease and Tarija remains with zero patients with a positive result for monkeypox.

The department of Santa Cruz continues to increase in cases of the viral disease, so far 169 active patients have been reported, thus being the area with the most infections in the entire national territory. Meanwhile, Beni and Pando continue without reporting monkeypox infections...

 

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Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/viruel...an-200--de-los-que-98-siguen-activos/47950682

Cases of monkeypox in Bolivia add up to 200, of which 98 are still active
This content was published on October 03, 2022 - 16:28 October 03, 2022 - 16:28

La Paz, Oct 3 (EFE).- The Bolivian Ministry of Health reported this Monday that 98 cases of monkeypox or monkeypox are still active, of the 200 patients that have been reported since the first contagion of the disease in the country in August.

In his weekly report, the Minister of Health, Jeyson Auza, mentioned that more than 50% of the cases are officially recovered "without symptoms and have no possibility of contagion."

Of the 98 active cases, 93 are registered in the Santa Cruz region, four in Cochabamba and one in La Paz.

Since the first patient with the disease was detected, only five of the nine regions of the country have reported infections, with Santa Cruz being the department that concentrates the most cases with 182, followed by Cochabamba with 9, La Paz with 7 and Potosí and Chuquisaca each. with one.

Auza mentioned that the ministry maintains constant coordination with the municipalities and departmental health services in order to prevent new infections in "vulnerable groups" of the country's population.

Bolivia declared a health emergency due to monkeypox in May and since then it has been able to identify positive cases through laboratory tests, the results of which are known on the same day...

 

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Source: https://lavozdetarija.com/2022/10/05/bolivia-reporta-105-pacientes-activos-con-viruela-simica/

Bolivia reports 105 active patients with monkeypox
By Agencies
October 5, 2022 - 10:13:00

In Bolivia, 105 active patients with monkeypox and 105 recovered are reported, according to information from the Ministry of Health.

Yesterday, three infected people appeared, bringing the accumulated number of cases to 210 patients.

The epidemiological report of the total cases registered to date, establishes that in La Paz there were 7 patients who were infected with monkeypox and 137 were discarded; Oruro does not present cases and registers 53 discarded; while, of the 7 suspected cases in Potosí, 1 tested positive.

In the Bolivian valleys there is a report that in Cochabamba 100 patients tested negative and 10 active; in Chuquisaca, 14 negatives and 1 active were registered; Tarija 3 negatives.

While in the city of Santa Cruz, 269 discarded and 191 positive were reported; in Beni, after the analysis, 32 negatives were determined and in Pando, 5 tests were negative...

 

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Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/viruel...-death-a-causa-de-la-variuela-símica/47963436

Bolivia reports the first death from monkeypox
This content was published on 07 October 2022 - 20:46 07 October 2022 - 20:46

La Paz, Oct 7 (EFE) .- A 28-year-old man is the first fatal victim of monkeypox or monkeypox in Bolivia, the coordinator of Urban Networks of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of Santa Cruz reported this Friday. George Quiroz.

"The patient had gone through the viral phase and what led to this result were the basic pathologies that he presented," the official said at a press conference.

At his turn, the director of the San Juan de Dios Hospital, Marcelo Cuéllar, which was the center that attended the case since last September 17, explained that the man already presented a complication due to "immunosuppression" together with lesions in the skin.

It was precisely the low immune response that caused the wounds to become infected and cause an inflammatory reaction until "multiple organ failure" occurred, explained the specialist.

Santa Cruz is the epicenter of monkeypox infections, with 195 cases equivalent to 90.6% that have occurred in the country since the beginning of August, according to data from Headquarters.

Of that number, 57 patients are under home isolation and another 7 receive treatment in health centers designated for the care of the disease.

In its latest report, the Ministry of Health quantified 215 cases nationwide, of which 108 were discharged and 107 remain active.

The infections have been concentrated in the departments of Santa Cruz (195), Cochabamba (11), La Paz (7), Potosí (1) and Chuquisaca (1).

Bolivia declared a health emergency due to monkeypox in May and since then it has managed to identify positive cases through laboratory tests whose results are known on the day...

 

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Source: https://eju.tv/2022/10/en-bolivia-se-tener-142-patients-recovered-from-viruela-simica/

In Bolivia there are 142 patients recovered from monkeypox
09/10/2022
In Bolivia, 142 monkeypox patients have recovered and 75 are active, according to the report from the Ministry of Health.

On Saturday, there were no infected people and the accumulated total amounts to 217.

The epidemiological report that monitors the entire country establishes that 196 patients infected with monkeypox were reported in Santa Cruz, Cochabamba 12, La Paz 7, Potosí 1 and Chuquisaca 1.

by Omar Pereira

 

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Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/viruel...sed-a-causa-de-la-viruela-del-monkey/47995188

Bolivia reports a second death from monkeypox
This content was published on October 20, 2022 - 17:01 October 20, 2022 - 17:01

La Paz, Oct 20 (EFE) .- The health authorities of the Bolivian region of Santa Cruz, the largest in the country, confirmed this Thursday the death of a second person who was infected with monkeypox.

The patient was admitted on October 10 to the San Juan de Dios hospital, in the city of Santa Cruz, with a diagnosis of monkeypox, but also with underlying pathologies such as Chagas disease and mild kidney failure, he explained to the media the director of the health center, Marcelo Cuéllar.

This person, who presented more than two hundred skin lesions characteristic of monkeypox, was evaluated by "internists, immunologists and epidemiologists and began treatment to try to improve and boost the immune system that was quite deteriorated," he said.

His clinical condition was deteriorating and the case was complicated by the multiple skin lesions that he presented and that led to sepsis, "leading him to multiple organ failure with kidney, liver and respiratory failure" that caused his death this morning, he said. Cuellar.

The director of the hospital lamented the death, the second reported in the country as a result of monkeypox.

According to Cuéllar, in both cases coincidences were seen such as an immune-based disease, the multiplicity of "serious" skin lesions and the lack of response of the organism to antibiotic treatments, which "ends with multiple organ failure and the death of the patient".

The latest report from the Bolivian Ministry of Health indicates that in the country there are 81 active cases of monkeypox and 156 recovered patients, with a total of 237 people who were infected with the disease.

The infections are concentrated in the departments of Santa Cruz (213), Cochabamba (13), La Paz (8), Potosí (1), Chuquisaca (1) and Oruro (1), while in the three remaining regions they have not been reported. reported cases so far.

 

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Source: http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/n3/2023/0105/c31617-10192359.html

Bolivia achieves control of monkeypox with zero active infections and 261 recovered
Xinhua 2023:01:05.15:44

LA PAZ, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- After reaching a total of 261 monkeypox infections in five months, Bolivia has achieved control of the disease with zero active cases and 261 recovered, the Ministry of Health and Sports reported Wednesday.

The report of this State portfolio indicates that this disease "is under control" and all patients, both active and suspected, are constantly evaluated and controlled.

The director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health and Sports, Freddy Armijo, told Xinhua that the comprehensive plan that includes prevention, containment and mitigation strategies made it possible to control the spread of this disease and reduce active cases to zero.

"In all this time, since the first case of monkeypox was registered in August, we have managed to rule out nearly 1,000 suspected cases as a result of the diagnostic capacity that we have guaranteed from the Ministry of Health," he asserted.

He recommended maintaining prevention and vigilance because there may still be some isolated cases.

 

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Source: https://eju.tv/2023/01/bolivia-reporta-solo-un-paciente-activo-de-viruela-simica/


Bolivia reports only one active monkeypox patient
Categories LifeTags , Monkeypox
01/25/2023
In Cochabamba there were 15 cases, La Paz 9, Oruro 1, Potosí 1 and Chuquisaca 1.
Source: Network One

The Ministry of Health reported that currently only one active monkeypox patient and 262 people who recovered from the disease, a report supported by the official record during the day of Tuesday, January 24.

The accumulated cases add up to 263, of which 90% correspond to Santa Cruz. In Cochabamba there were 15 cases, La Paz 9, Oruro 1, Potosí 1 and Chuquisaca 1. In the departments of Tarija, Beni and Pando no confirmed case was registered.

Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis characterized by a rash or skin lesions that are usually concentrated on the face, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet.

by Omar Pereyra