The General Directorate of Health of France confirmed this Friday a first case of the so-called monkeypox in its territory, in a 29-year-old man who had not traveled in recent months to the countries where the virus circulates.
The man was hospitalized on suspicion of contagion, but given the absence of seriousness in his case, he was sent home, where he remains isolated, according to the authorities. that recommend that the quarantine last the three weeks that it takes approximately for the wounds it causes to disappear.
This is the first case confirmed by the health authorities in France, after the registration of several cases in Spain, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal, but also in the United States and Canada. Besides, suspected cases are being evaluated in numerous countries in light of the rapid evolution of the situation, which alerts the authorities.
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“The teams of Public Health France and the Paris region, in contact with the doctor who has treated this person, have opened an epidemiological investigation. The people who have been in close contact with this patient are being identified,” the Directorate specified. General Health in a statement.
He added that those people they will be informed of how they should act to limit the spread of the virus.
The French health authorities specified that the country has reinforced the alert to monitor the worrying expansion of this rare disease, with symptoms similar to chickenpox that creates wounds and scabs especially on the face, hands and feet, and starts with symptoms of fever, headaches and muscle aches.
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It is transmitted by contact with infected animals or materials, but also by close contact with infected people, through fluids, saliva or open wounds.
The incubation of the disease can take between five and 21 days, pBut remember that healing usually occurs spontaneously after two or three weeks.
