With the World Health Organization declaring a smallpox outbreak a public health emergency, The Egyptian Ministry of Health Several measures to prevent the spread of the disease, and a plan has been developed to secure, follow up and monitor the epidemiological situation, at entry points to the country to monitor suspected cases of any epidemic diseases.
Egypt is taking measures to discover and treat any new cases
The spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, stated that the spread of the disease in the countries of the Middle East is not high, but he stressed that the ministry, on its part, has raised the level of monitoring and suspicion since the World Health Organization announced the emergence of confirmed cases in Europe, in order to ensure the discovery of any confirmed cases and the speed of isolation and treatment, and to prevent Epidemiological spread of the disease inside Egypt.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health stated to Sky News Arabia that the ministry has taken the necessary measures and the required precautionary measures, to ensure that any new cases are monitored, and therefore such cases are discovered.
Abdel Ghaffar had reported that the monkeypox virus spreads through close contact, mainly through direct exposure to rashes, contaminated clothing or linens, or through respiratory droplets.
The ministry spokesman added that monkeypox infection usually leads to the appearance of painful rashes, and the formation of vesicles on the palm of the hand, while historically such cases were characterized by rashes in large parts of the body.
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The ministry said in a statement that it has been isolated the patient In an isolation hospital, taking all preventive and medical measures for the patient and his contacts, according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization, stressing that his general condition is stable and he is receiving the necessary medical care.
With the World Health Organization declaring a smallpox outbreak a public health emergency, The Egyptian Ministry of Health Several measures to prevent the spread of the disease, and a plan has been developed to secure, follow up and monitor the epidemiological situation, at entry points to the country to monitor suspected cases of any epidemic diseases.
Egypt is taking measures to discover and treat any new cases
The spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, stated that the spread of the disease in the countries of the Middle East is not high, but he stressed that the ministry, on its part, has raised the level of monitoring and suspicion since the World Health Organization announced the emergence of confirmed cases in Europe, in order to ensure the discovery of any confirmed cases and the speed of isolation and treatment, and to prevent Epidemiological spread of the disease inside Egypt.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health stated to Sky News Arabia that the ministry has taken the necessary measures and the required precautionary measures, to ensure that any new cases are monitored, and therefore such cases are discovered.
Abdel Ghaffar had reported that the monkeypox virus spreads through close contact, mainly through direct exposure to rashes, contaminated clothing or linens, or through respiratory droplets.
The ministry spokesman added that monkeypox infection usually leads to the appearance of painful rashes, and the formation of vesicles on the palm of the hand, while historically such cases were characterized by rashes in large parts of the body.