After the three confirmed cases of the monkey pox in the country, the Vice Minister of Public Health, Joel Candiadenounced that some people who are being monitored by the Ministry of Health (Minsa), through the National Center for Epidemiology, Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), they are not collaborating with providing all the information about the places and citizens with whom they had contact in the last 10 days.
“I call on the population, who are not giving all the data to those responsible for the Ministry of Health. That makes epidemiological research difficult for us. They are not giving that in seven or ten days where they have been, who they have been with and mostly they are presenting in those people who have some immunosuppressed diseases”pointed to Canal N.
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Candia recalled that to date epidemiological fences have been implemented and that these cover confirmed cases of monkeypox and contacts of these citizens diagnosed with the disease.
“We ask all of you to please, when you go to your house to do an investigation, give all the data that will make it easier for us to know what contacts you were with.”he remarked.
“There is probably a greater risk because these people are not giving timely information to the Ministry of Health. I call on those people who tell the truth. These people have diseases and have a risk factor for complications”insisted Candia Briceño.
When asked if you are people could be sued for not providing complete information, replied: “We are probably analyzing with the professionals of the legal part that those people who do not give any type of information, because they will be reported to the Prosecutor’s Office and the prosecutor will be able to intervene because we are attacking the population that at any moment could present an imminent risk in Peru”.
About monkeypox cases
To date, three cases of monkey pox have been confirmed in Metropolitan Lima. The Minister of Health, Jorge López, said that the patients, who belong to the same circle of acquaintances, are stable, their relatives are isolated and that epidemiological surveillance has been reinforced at airports, ports and land crossings in Peru.
Also, he said that the Ministry of Health (Minsa) It is currently investigating these cases and monitoring all the contacts of these people.
Through a statement, the Minsa urges the population to go to the nearest health facility if present: back pain, headache, fatigue and/or skin rashes.
What is monkeypox?
It is a rare disease caused by a virus that is transmitted from animals to people and is similar to smallpox but is considered less serious.
How is it transmitted?
- By direct contact with blood, body fluids, skin lesions or mucous membranes of infected wild animals, such as rodents and primates from Africa.
- By direct contact with infected secretions from the respiratory tract of an infected person, and droplets produced by coughing, talking or sneezing.
- By touching the skin lesions or the materials used in cleaning or handling the lesion.
- For touching objects recently contaminated with the patient’s fluids, such as sheets, dishes, among others.