The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MISPAS), notified this Saturday that on the afternoon of Friday, October 21 of this year, a person of Dominican nationality, male, 18 years old, resident in the city of Puerto Plata, was identified and was identified with signs and presumptive symptoms of monkeypox disease. With this, there are already 32 cases of the disease, registered to date in the country.
Through the Vice Ministry of Health Collective and the General Directorate of Epidemiology, the Health authorities explain that after presenting symptoms similar to those of this disease, the suspicion alarm was activated, and he was immediately subjected to the corresponding evaluations and laboratory tests to confirm or rule out the disease. suspicion.
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This person is in isolation in the Doctor Ramon de Lara Hospital, under the control of the MSP.
In the same way, the epidemiological fence was carried out, with all the close people who have had possible contact, determining that so far none have presented symptoms of the disease.
The patient is stable, under medical supervision, and with the follow-up of his treating physician, to guarantee his health and care.
About the cholera case
MISPAS disclosed the health status of the 32-year-old patient of Haitian nationality, admitted to the Higuey Hospital, who was diagnosed with cholera disease, as of today, Saturday, October 22, “presents a stable clinical picture, with a notable decrease in evacuation, surpassing her state of the disease, for which she has evolved satisfactorily, but remains hospitalized being treated for her kidney disease.
Her relatives and her month-old baby are all negative for cholera.
Public health, He explained that he will keep the population informed of this and other diseases, in a transparent and timely manner, while urging not to be alarmed and to remain attentive to reports from the competent authorities and follow hygiene measures.
