El Salvador reports woman as first case of monkeypox

Health authorities in Savior reported on Tuesday the first case monkeypox in the country a 28-year-old woman who would have been infected in the US.

“The territory’s first case of monkeypox has been declared. This is a 28-year-old patient and the epidemiological reference comes from one of the countries that accounts for 95% of cases, i.e. USA”, – assured the Minister of Health at a press conference. Francisco Alabi.

According to the official, the sick woman is in a “stable” condition, so she was placed in home quarantine, where she is being monitored by ministry officials.

As explained alabiOn August 29, the woman underwent a medical consultation, after which she underwent laboratory tests that confirmed the disease.

“Currently, we only have this confirmed case, there are no other suspected cases,” said the Minister of Health, who, however, assured that other people who were in contact with the sick patient are being sought to determine if there may be an infection.

Monkeypox in El Salvador

In connection with the emergence of monkeypox in the country, the health and civil protection authorities announced the strengthening of sanitary measures at the borders and at the international airport.

So far in USA They signed up 18 100 cases of monkeypox.

This Tuesday, the authorities Texas first death confirmed USA associated with this disease.

The epidemic mainly affects gay and bisexual men, and experts say most transmission occurs during sexual intercourse.

Vaccines will arrive in September

Ana Elena Chevez, senior technical adviser to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) revolving fund, assured that the monkeypox vaccines would arrive in Peru in early September, as legal aspects are needed to get them approved.

Chevez said they had already spoken to Latin American health ministers after approving negotiations “outside the terms of the reminder fund.”

“On August 5, we had a meeting with the secretariat and PAHO to approve the negotiations that we started, but approval required the signing of a contract,” he added in Espacio Vital de RPP.

Brazil approves vaccines without registration

Brazil’s National Sanitary Inspection Agency (Anvisa) allowed, on an “exceptional and temporary basis,” the importation of monkeypox vaccines and medicines that had not yet been registered in the country.

The collegiate leadership of the regulatory body unanimously decided to approve the rule to “accelerate public access to vaccines and medicines” against monkeypox, for which, according to the latest bulletin of the Ministry of Health, 3450 confirmed cases and 4491 confirmed analyzes were registered as of August 18.

Anvisa’s solution will allow pre-registration of vaccines and medicines that have already been “approved by certain international bodies under certain conditions” without the need for bureaucratic procedures for their import and use.

(According to AFP and RPP)