In a joint statement, by the Health Secretariats of Ibagué and Tolima, it was confirmed the second case of monkeypox in the department.
Indeed, it was a 27-year-old man, in the Tolimense capital, as well as the first case of this virus, which was known on Thursday of the previous week.
“We have the second case of monkeypox, it is a 27-year-old man, who consulted on August 5 at a health institution in the municipality of Ibagué. The test was performed by the National Institute of Health (INS) and today they confirm us,” said Martha Liliana Ospina, Secretary of Health of Ibagué.
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After official notification by the INS, a strategy was put in place to determine the close contacts of this personwho must also comply with a preventive isolation of 21 days.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of Health of Tolima, Martha Palacios, expressed that from that portfolio, rigorous progress is being made in the monitoring of the two confirmed cases. in the region.
“We want to make a Joint invitation to all Ibaguereños and Tolimenses to remain calm in the face of the presence and circulation of this virus in our territoryor,” Palacios explained.
Also, on Monday morning, The official explained that the results of the analyzes of at least three suspicious patients who were known in recent days were awaited. in the capital of Tolima.
“We invite all those who have some warning symptom or who have had close contact with a positive case or come from countries where there is currently a public or health emergency with smallpoxor to consult the emergency systems in a timely manner,” Palacios pointed out.
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To date, in the national territory there are 55 cases of monkeypox. Bogotá is the territory with the highest number of patients with 41, followed by Antioquia with four, Risaralda with three, Tolima with two, among other departments.
