Monkeypox: Metropolitan Lima has 78% of cases reported in the country, according to Mins.

Ministry of Health (Minsa)in his latest report on the incidence of monkeypox in our country, closed last night, Saturday, October 8, showed that in total 2687 cases clusters of disease, of which only Metropolitan of Lima over 2,000 records

According to this report, the capital accumulates 78% of reported infections monkeypox since the first confirmed case in Peru last June 26th.

on the alert

In addition, until the closure of said last report, the disease was present in 18 regions of the country and in the constitutional province Callao. In fact, according to the numbers, Callao follows Metropolitan Lima in the number of cases, with a total of 184 patients.

In terms of incidence, La Libertad follows with 127 cases; Arequipa – 108; Piura from 22, Lambaeque from 21; Ukayali from 19; Ika from 16; San Martin with 14; Cusco with 13; Loreto with 11; and Tacna with 10.

Exactly the same, just yesterday Minsa 27 new cases recorded monkeypox. It was also reported that 396 patients are under dispensary registration and 2291 people were discharged due to illness.

Update of technical standards

On the other hand, on October 5, the sector approved an updated version of the technical health standard for the prevention and treatment of monkeypox patients.

This is the rule published in the official bulletin Peruvian man – Ministerial Regulation No. 776-2022-MINSA – aims to protect the life and health of the population at risk or affected by the virus. monkeypoxreducing damage to health or complications, establishing provisions for the prevention and treatment of probable or confirmed cases monkeypox in society and in medical institutions.

The white paper clarifies that, based on the evidence, people should take the following preventive measures into account: Avoid physical contact, including sexual contact, with people who have skin lesions that develop into vesicles and scabs that may be consistent with monkeypox .

Also limit the amount of casual sex you have to reduce your chances of contracting monkeypox. Self-isolation is also recommended in case of suspicious lesions and contacting the nearest medical facility.

Vaccines will arrive this month

In its turn, health authorities On September 21, they announced that 9,800 people would arrive in the country during the first weeks of October. vaccine against monkeypox.

“We had meetings with PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), probably, if not in the last week of September, then in the first week of October, but the doses will come, ”he said in an interview with the state channel TV Peru general manager National epidemiological center Ministry of Health Eduardo Ortega.

He added that the purchase is carried out in agreement with PAHOthrough a revolving fund vaccine, and that the number of doses that will enter the country will be “reduced” by the laboratory’s production capacity. “So far we are barely talking about 9800 doses,” he said.