Ministry of Health care (Minsa) reported that, to date, 1,558 monkeypox patients, i.e. 75.9% of the total number of people affected by the disease in the country, have been discharged after being in isolation for a period of 21 days, counting from the date of onset of symptoms or until the rash disappears.
According to the organization, patients who were discharged for health reasons came from Lima metropolitan (1237), the provinces of Lima (16), Callao (99), La Libertad (85), Arequipa (51), Ucayali (10), Cusco (ten). ), Piura (8), Ica (9), Lambaeque (7), Ancash (6), San Martin (4), Tacna (5), Loreto (4), Junin (3), Huanuco (2) and Cajamarca (2).
In total, 2091 cases of the disease were registered. monkeypox in the country, 37 new patients in the last 24 hours and 18 regions reported having this disease.
As Minsa explained, these epidemiological releases are being monitored by the medical staff of the various institutions of Diris and Dires for all patients who have observed home or hospital isolation.
Health care facilities actively monitor close contacts through phone calls, text messages, or other means for early detection of any signs or symptoms associated with monkeypox, as outlined in the Technical Sanitary Standard for the Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox Patients.
Minsa: 75.9% of monkeypox patients discharged
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that numbers of new monkeypox cases at the global level continue to decline, although he warned that “it is not yet the time to relax or beware.” “.
“Affected countries and communities must continue to work, and health workers continue to need support in their preparation for the diagnosis and treatment of new cases, as well as the prevention of infections,” Tedros stressed.
Over the past week, 3,400 new cases have been confirmed out of more than 58,000 diagnosed since the start of this outbreak, before which WHO declared an international emergency last July.
America is the epicenter of the monkeypox outbreak
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said last Wednesday that the Americas had become the epicenter of the monkeypox outbreak with the highest number of cases in the world.
More than 30,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported on the continent as of September 6, especially in the US, Brazil, Peru and Canada, according to the institution.
Most of these cases were found in men who have sex with persons of the same sex, but there were also at least 145 cases in women and 54 in those under 18 years of age. So far, four deaths associated with the disease have been reported in Brazil, Cuba and Ecuador.
Source: RPP
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