Bolivia will have two monkeypox detection laboratories, one in Santa Cruz and the other in La Paz
Bolivia will expand the service of two laboratories for the detection of positive cases of monkeypox, As confirmed by the director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, Freddy Armijo, within the framework of prevention measures in the face of the global alert for the disease.
The authority explained that one of these spaces will be in the National Institute of Health Laboratories (Inlasa), in La Paz, and the other in theNational Center for Tropical Diseases (Cenetrop) from Santa Cruz.
Armijo said that health personnel will also be trained and the appropriate conditions are being prepared for handling this type of situation, for this reason The acquisition of tests or reagents is being promoted to have the diagnosis.
“We have already made the request to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), we are in the process of receiving these tests“, specified the authority in declarations to Bolivia Tv, who maintained that it is expected that in the next week there may be news.
The Ministry of Health, He reported that from May 23 were activated epidemiological surveillance mechanisms due to the existence of suspected cases of monkeypox in the region, such as Argentina.
Minister Auza pointed out that the incubation period of the disease ranges from five to 21 days, and its detection is carried out by means of a PCR test. However, the vaccination that existed many years ago reduces the possibility of contracting the disease to a minimum.
“The vaccination that we have against smallpox reduced by 85% the chances of getting this monkeypox, That is why it is important to comply with the vaccination schedules”, he said at a press conference, although later, the director of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Max Enríquez clarified that the vaccine against this disease has not been applied in the world for decades and in Bolivia that vaccine stopped being applied in the 1980s.
He explained that the virus occurs in Central and Western Africa, its main transmission mechanism is from animal to human, being “Very rare human-to-human transmission but this may be possible from injuries or fluidsor the consumption of poorly sewn meat”.
Bolivia will expand the service of two laboratories for the detection of positive cases of monkeypox, As confirmed by the director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, Freddy Armijo, within the framework of prevention measures in the face of the global alert for the disease.
The authority explained that one of these spaces will be in the National Institute of Health Laboratories (Inlasa), in La Paz, and the other in theNational Center for Tropical Diseases (Cenetrop) from Santa Cruz.
Armijo said that health personnel will also be trained and the appropriate conditions are being prepared for handling this type of situation, for this reason The acquisition of tests or reagents is being promoted to have the diagnosis.
“We have already made the request to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), we are in the process of receiving these tests“, specified the authority in declarations to Bolivia Tv, who maintained that it is expected that in the next week there may be news.
The Ministry of Health, He reported that from May 23 were activated epidemiological surveillance mechanisms due to the existence of suspected cases of monkeypox in the region, such as Argentina.
Minister Auza pointed out that the incubation period of the disease ranges from five to 21 days, and its detection is carried out by means of a PCR test. However, the vaccination that existed many years ago reduces the possibility of contracting the disease to a minimum.
“The vaccination that we have against smallpox reduced by 85% the chances of getting this monkeypox, That is why it is important to comply with the vaccination schedules”, he said at a press conference, although later, the director of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Max Enríquez clarified that the vaccine against this disease has not been applied in the world for decades and in Bolivia that vaccine stopped being applied in the 1980s.
He explained that the virus occurs in Central and Western Africa, its main transmission mechanism is from animal to human, being “Very rare human-to-human transmission but this may be possible from injuries or fluidsor the consumption of poorly sewn meat”.
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