Given the increase in registered cases of monkeypox or monkeypox in the country, the Secretary of Health of Cali, Miyerlandi Torres, indicated that Despite the fact that in the capital of the Valley there are still no confirmed cases, in a few days they could be presented.
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Faced with the issue, the head of the Health agency stressed that, for a month, the agency works on different actions to deal with this disease.
“So far in Cali we have no suspected or confirmed cases. Surely in a few days we will have cases here in the city and that moment we have been working on different actions: training for health personnel, laboratory personnel to confirm a case and send the tests to the INS; training the community regarding the identification of symptoms, what to do in this event and strengthen all epidemiological surveillance,” said the official.
Similarly, the secretary explained that in the face of the rumor of a positive case of monkeypox in a clinic in the city, it was a false alarm, denied directly with the medical center.
The leader of the Health portfolio delivered a series of recommendations for citizens to prepare for this new disease, of which the first contagion has already been registered in the municipality of Cartago.
“If you have contact with people from abroad, with people who have been in contact with a positive case, wei have fever, headache, swollen glands and a rash -which usually begins on the face and upper extremities-, please consult the doctor or call your EPS”, said the secretary.
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Faced with the actions that are being carried out to prevent contagion, the holder of the portfolio indicated that epidemiological surveillance is being strengthened in tourist agglomeration sites such as the Transport Terminal and hotels, especially where the delegations that are present at the U-20 World Athletics Championships are staying.
To prevent contagion in the international sporting event, where the city will receive more than 1,500 athletes from 141 countries, the official specified that the city has all the necessary biosecurity protocols to avoid and treat infections by covid-19 and monkeypox.
