The confirmed cases in Italy of monkeypox and they are all in charge of the Spallanzani Institute of Infectious Diseases in Rome. To the case of yesterday if I add today others, confirmed by the analyzes, and are related to case zero. This is learned from the Lazio Region Health Department.
Yesterday aAt the Spallanzani hospital in Rome, the first case of monkeypox in Italy has been identified. This is a man who returned after a stay at Canary Islands who presented himself to the emergency room of Umberto I.
“The ISS has set up a task force made up of industry experts and has contacted the sentinel networks of the centers for sexually transmitted infections in order to continuously monitor the national situation. “This is what is stated in a note from the Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
“The ministry of health is closely monitoring the cases of monkeypox reported in Italy and alerted the Regions for a tracking of any cases. The Higher Institute of Health (ISS) has also activated a task force to better follow the evolution of the situation. At the moment there is no alarm situation in our country and the picture is under control “. So to ANSA Anna Teresa Palamara, who heads the Infectious Diseases Department of the ISS. “
We keep the level of attention high thanks to our European and national surveillance network “. This is what the Minister of Health declared Roberto Speranza. “Maximum attention, but no excessive alarm” says the Undersecretary of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri. “The recommendation – he notes – is to contact your doctor if you feel the specific symptoms of this disease, and in particular the appearance on the skin of vrounded esciclesespecially if accompanied by muscle aches, fever or headache “.
THE TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS – Transmission, says Spallanzani, “can occur through droplets of saliva and contact with lesions or infected biological liquids”. “The situation is currently under control and at this moment in Italy we do not have an alert situation in relation to the reported cases of monkeypox. However, we recommend caution in close or sexual contacts that require an exchange of body fluids, especially if there are skin lesions or feverish symptoms “. Anna Teresa Palamara, who heads the Infectious Diseases Department of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS), said this to ANSA. The Institute, underlines,” has alerted the networks sentinel of the centers for sexually transmitted infections in order to monitor the national situation “.
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CASES IN EUROPE – A first case of monkeypox was confirmed in France, in the Paris region, the Ile-de-France: the health authorities have announced it. The affected patient is a 29-year-old man who has not traveled to countries where the virus circulates. From the first suspicion of infection, the patient was examined and is now in isolation at home in the absence of severe symptoms. A health investigation has been opened and the authorities are tracing all the patient’s recent contacts.
The first official case was also recorded in Germany of monkeypox. This was confirmed by the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology in Munich, according to Bild. The patient would have experienced skin rashes. This pathology has already been found in several European countries, including in Italy.
About twenty suspected cases of monkeypox have been analyzed a Madrid. Monkeypox, the note explains, is a “very rare” disease that generally presents with “fever, myalgia, lymphadenopathy (swollen glands) and a rash on the hands and face, similar to chickenpox”. suspected patients evolve “favorably” even if it is necessary to keep them “under observation” for the possibility that someone may need hospitalization, health authorities say.
In general, the statement adds, “its transmission occurs via the respiratory route”, but, due to the characteristics of the 23 cases being analyzed, the suspicion is that the possible contagion could have occurred through “contact with the mucous membranes during sexual intercourse. “.
On monkeypox “we are obviously monitoring this situation very closely, we remain in close contact with the member states and participating countries in the health security committee which met earlier this week and which will meet again next Tuesday and will have regular meetings to monitor this outbreak and ensure that between the Commission, the ECDC and the Member States these meetings are held in close collaboration with the ECDC or the European Center for Disease Prevention Control “. This was stated by a spokesman for the European Commission asked in the daily press briefing on the alarm related to monkeypox.
Source: Ansa
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