The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported this Thursday, September 15, that the confirmed cases of monkeypox disease in Peru rose to 2,054. It was specified that those infected correspond to Metropolitan Lima (1620), Lima Provinces (20), Callao (138), La Libertad (105), Arequipa (79), Ucayali (14), Ica (12), Cusco (11), Piura (9), Lambayeque (9), Loreto (7), Tacna (7), Ancash (6), San Martín (5), Junín (3), Huánuco (3), Madre de Dios (3), Cajamarca ( 2) and Puno (1).
Through Twitter, the minsa noted that all patients receive assistance and 1558 of them have already been discharged. In addition, the identification of your contacts is carried out.
The health authorities are carrying out the identification of suspicious contacts of those who have tested positive for monkeypox.
The minsa He urged the population to maintain the prevention measures already disseminated by the health authorities to avoid a case of this type, including reducing contact with people suspected of having the infection, washing their hands frequently, wearing a mask correctly, keep social distancing and isolate yourself in case of presenting the characteristic symptoms of this disease.
What is monkeypox?
The Ministry of Health defines monkeypox (also called monkeypox) as a disease caused by a virus that causes skin rashes, similar to blisters or pimples.
Who can get monkeypox?
Anyone is likely to become infected if they have close, personal contact with someone who has the virus, often through skin-to-skin contact.
What are the symptoms of monkeypox?
It begins with fever, headache (headache) and fatigue.
Presence of adenopathies (swollen lymph nodes) in the neck, armpits and groin.
Skin lesions that evolve uniformly.
The incubation time is usually between 7 and 14 days, and can be extended from 5 to 21 days. of them have already been discharged. In addition, the identification of your contacts is carried out.
Risk groups and complications
The Minsa points out that “usually the monkeypox virus infection does not lead to complications.” However, he adds that the presence of the following factors may be related to greater severity with hospitalization evaluation:
- Kids.
- Pregnant women.
- HIV patients, especially without adequate control.
- Immunosuppressed.
- People with chronic skin lesions or recent burns (due to the risk of bacterial contamination).
situational room
The new monkeypox situational room shows the progress of daily cases classified by place (district and province), age, gender and provides detailed information on the most recurrent symptoms of the registered cases.
In addition, it offers a graphic report on the projections in the increase or decrease of cases.
To access this information, the Minsa has made the portal available to the population: https://www.dge.gob.pe/sala-monkeypox/.
