Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters in Mexico City and Quito reported: Argentina’s Ministry of Health reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox on the 27th, and Ecuador, also in Latin America, reported its first suspected case of monkeypox on the same day.
The Argentine Ministry of Health issued a statement on the 27th saying that the confirmed case had traveled in Spain from April 28 to May 16 and has been quarantined And received related treatment, in good condition. Relevant close contacts are under clinical observation and epidemiological investigation, and no close contacts have symptoms at present.
The Argentine Ministry of Health also reported a suspected case of monkeypox on the same day, but no connection between the suspected case and the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Argentina has been found.
Ecuador’s Ministry of Health issued a statement on the 27th saying that a man who had traveled to Africa developed monkeypox-related symptoms such as fever and skin damage in the country’s capital Quito a few days ago. This is the country’s first suspected monkeypox case. case.
The suspected case is not linked to monkeypox cases reported in Europe, the statement said. The Ecuadorian disease control department has taken isolation measures for the case and related close contacts and conducted epidemiological investigations.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease. Monkeypox virus can be transmitted from animals to humans through close contact. Although human-to-human transmission is not easy, it may be infected by close contact with infected persons. The initial symptoms of monkeypox infection in humans include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes, which can later develop into a widespread rash on the face and body. Most infected people recover within a few weeks, but some are seriously ill.
Since May this year, many non-monkeypox-endemic countries around the world have reported cases of human monkeypox infection, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Portugal, Spain, Italy and other countries.
(Original title: Argentina and Ecuador report first confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox, respectively)
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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