In the United Kingdom, the authorities have issued guidelines to prevent the spread of monkeypox; one of them drew particular attention, as they ask people who show symptoms to refrain from having sex.
“People with possible, probable, or confirmed monkeypox should avoid contact with others until lesions have healed and scabs have dried”, indicates the statement from the British Health Security Agency (Ukhsa, for its acronym in English).
The authorities also called on the population to reduce the risk of transmission by following “standard cleaning and disinfection methods”, therefore, they invite citizens to wash “their own clothes and bedding with standard detergents in a washing machine”. .
“Cases should also refrain from sexual intercourse while symptomatic, including the period of early onset of symptoms, and while lesions are present. Although there is currently no evidence available for monkeypox in genital excretions, as a precaution, cases are advised to use condoms for 8 weeks after infection and this guidance will be updated as evidence emerges. of British Health Security in its guides to treat this disease.
Another recommendation made in the Ukhsa is to people with confirmed, possible, probable or confirmed monkeypox infection and need to travel to seek medical care, ideally “should ensure lesions are covered with cloth and face covering”, they also advise avoiding public transport.
Another recommendation they make about this disease is for pregnant health workers and severely immunosuppressed people, because “should not evaluate or clinically care for people with suspected or confirmed monkeypox”, In addition, the British Health Security Agency indicates that this guide will be re-evaluated as they carry out tests.
In Spain they see LGTBI Pride as a possible “shot” of the “epidemic” of monkeypox
The deputy of VOX Mercedes Jara Moreno has asked the Government for measures so that the LGTBI Pride, which begins on June 1 in Madrid, “is not the trigger date of the monkeypox epidemic.”
“We would like you to explain to us Spaniards, VOX voters or not, what the Government is going to do so that LGTBI Pride Day is not the trigger date of the monkeypox epidemic, as it was on March 8 of 2020 for covid-19″, has indicated in the Health and Consumption Commission of the Congress of Deputies.
Jara has specified that monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease (STD), “because it is not”, but has linked its appearance with ‘chemsex’, the use of drugs to facilitate or intensify sexual activity.
“It is logical that if a person is drugged, they will relax the precautions and all kinds of diseases can be transmitted through fluids. It is curious that the largest number of cases come from homosexual men. You are stigmatizing them by treating them with half-truths”, stated Jara Moreno.
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has urged to “avoid stigmatization” of men who have sex with men.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the fatality rate has varied widely in the different epidemics, but has been less than 10% in the documented events. Most deaths occur in young children and, in general, younger age groups appear to be more susceptible, it says.
*With information Europa Press.