The Italian tourist diagnosed as the first case of monkeypox in Cuba, who was hospitalized in critical condition, died on Sunday. The patient’s condition “rapidly evolved towards seriousness, being in a critical unstable condition since August 18, dying on the afternoon of the 21st,” the Ministry of Public Health said in an information note.
The Italian press identified him as the commander germano mancini, belonging to the Carabinieri Arms of Scorzè, province of Venice. Numerous relatives and public institutions expressed in social networks your condolences for the death of the soldier, who had just started his vacation on the Island with two friends.
In their statement, the Cuban authorities refer that the autopsy report carried out on the 50-year-old man at the Institute of Legal Medicine “given sepsis due to bronchopneumonia to an unspecified germ and multiple organ damage as the cause of death.”
“Through the studies carried out from the outset to look for possible associated causes that may have conditioned its severity, other pathologies of infectious aetiology were ruled out,” added the Ministry.
Likewise, he pointed out that the contacts of the deceased so far are “asymptomatic” and remain isolated, “as a result of the focus control actions provided for in the approved protocol for the prevention of this disease in the country.”
President Miguel Díaz-Canel affirmed this Monday on his Twitter profile that Cuba “is prepared to face monkeypox.”
President Miguel Díaz-Canel affirmed this Monday on his Twitter profile that Cuba “is prepared to face monkeypox,” and noted: “When the first case of monkeypox is confirmed, the Cuban health system reinforces the actions directed prevent and deal with the risk of spreading the disease.
The first patient detected in Cuba with monkeypox had arrived on the island on August 15, stayed in a rented house and visited several places in the western provinces of the country, according to the official newspaper Granma, who reported that two days later, he presented general symptoms and the following day he went to the health services. Shortly after he was hospitalized.
It so happens that the first patient admitted with covid-19 in Cuba, in March 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, he was also italian and also passed away.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared this disease – also called monkeypox – as a “global health emergency” on July 23, when more than 16,000 infections had been reported in 75 countries.
According to specialists, the disease is caused by a virus and can be transmitted from animals to humans or by direct contact with people who have symptoms.
The WHO reports that the disease generally presents with symptoms that include fever, headache, muscle aches, low energy, swollen lymph nodes, and rashes or skin lesions.
People with the disease can spread it to others while they have symptoms, and the virus is spread through body fluids (pus or blood from skin lesions), scabs, and objects used by people with the disease.
The WHO fears a new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a case was declared in the province of North Kivu
On the other hand, the WHO fears a new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a case was declared in the province of North Kivu, in the east of the country. The National Biomedical Research Laboratory is currently processing the samples that have arrived from a patient who died last week after presenting symptoms of this disease.
“While the analyzes are carried out, the WHO is already on the ground supporting health personnel in the investigation of this case and in the preparation in case it is a resurgence,” the organization said.
An attempt is being made to find the people who had contact with the deceased person to detect if they have any symptoms.
Likewise, the organization indicated that it will do everything possible so that people who need it have access to the recommended treatments, which are based on monoclonal antibody technology. These drugs are considered a great advance to deal with this disease that has a mortality rate between 60% and 80%, but they are expensive.
The last Ebola outbreaks were recorded in 2021 in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, although the most serious in history became an epidemic in West Africa between 2014 and 2016, a period in which it caused more than 11,000 deaths.
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