Urgent: Health publishes important measures to prevent monkeypox… after discovering two cases

The Ministry of Health and Population published a statement, which included important measures to prevent… monkeypoxThis coincided with the discovery of a new case of a patient infected with the virus, which is the second case that has been discovered so far.

Important measures to prevent monkeypox:

• Avoid contact with animals that can carry the virus, dead animals in areas where monkeypox occurs, or any items that have been touched by a sick animal.
• Isolation of patients infected with the virus.
• Hands are washed with soap and water.
• Use personal protective equipment when caring for illness.
• Take veterinary quarantine procedures for infected animals.

Statement of the Ministry of Health to confront the outbreak of the new virus:

In that statement, the ministry said that whoever is currently working on following up and monitoring the epidemiological situation at the country’s entry points, the ministry explained that the goal is to detect suspected cases of any epidemic diseases.

As for the person infected with the virus, who is coming from abroad on the 25th of this September, he has been isolated in an isolation hospital and all preventive measures have been taken towards him and his contacts.