Spain records its second death from monkeypox

Spain records its second death from monkeypox

In recent hours, the Ministry issued a series of recommendations on its social networks and reminded the population that the symptoms of monkeypox are similar to those of the flu (fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, chills and exhaustion), which is associated with swollen glands.

And he remembered that later a rash appears, which in the current outbreak it most frequently presents with lesions on the genitalia and anus. It can also appear on the face and spread to other parts of the body, such as the soles of the hands and feet.

Monkeypox was declared a “global health emergency” by the World Health Organization (WHO) last Saturday.who days later warned that the vaccine alone could not stop the ongoing epidemic and called for measures to be taken to reduce the risk.

A day earlier, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the use of the Danish company Bavarian Nordic’s Imvanex vaccine against human smallpox for use against monkeypox.

Since early May, when it was first detected outside African countries where it is endemic, the disease affected more than 16,836 people in 74 countriesaccording to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as of July 22.

In Argentina, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Thursday that there are already 24 positive cases of monkeypoxall are male patients, with an average age of 36 years.

Source: Ambito

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