There are no vaccines against monkey poxbut the symptoms of the disease are treated, affirmed the authorities of the Institute of Dermatology and the Ministry of Health.
Surveillance remains active at ports, airports and entry points, they reported.
The doctor Victor Pou Soares, director of the Dermatology and Skin Surgery Institute “Dr. Huberto Bogaert Díaz”, said that the preventive protocol to be followed in case the disease is reported will be ready soon, but that, so far, in the country There are no reports of suspected cases.
He said that people who are vaccinated against traditional smallpox are 85% protected against this form of monkeypox, a disease that is less transmissible.
However, the doctor Lucy Vargas, director of the Expanded Program on Immunizations (PAI), assured that there are no vaccines for this disease. In the United States are the new trials in which it will make investments.
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“Prior smallpox vaccination has also been very effective in preventing monkeypox. There is no specific treatment, but there are vaccines to treat the disease, of which the name of the drug is omitted for security reasons so that people do not self-medicate, but whoever develops the virus must be kept in isolation for a period of 21 days ”, indicated Pou Soares.
Public health
The doctor Ronald Skewesdirector of Epidemiology, indicated that the preventive alert is activated immediately, if there is a threat of any disease in accordance with the provisions of the International Health Regulations and other health standards such as the General Health Law 42-01.
“Immediately there is a threat of an international health event, the preventive alert is automatically activated in ports, airports and international entry points, and the necessary protocols are established to warn of any event,” he explained.
monkey pox manifests itself on the skin; Dermatology has treatment for symptoms.
