(Updates number of suspected and discarded cases)
Montevideo, Aug 6 Uruguay has the situation of monkeypox “under control” in its territory with two confirmed cases, three “suspected” and ten “discarded”, according to what the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas, explains to Efe, who speaks of a “scarce ” impact of that disease so far.
During a recent meeting in Asunción, the ministers of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) sector, on the occasion of the transfer of the pro tempore presidency from Paraguay to Uruguay, prepared a “general declaration” on this disease.
“There we reviewed the diagnostic criteria, the monitoring criteria, just-in-time information, the issue of diagnostic laboratories, the availability of vaccines, the criteria for applying vaccines, what types of vaccines and what we want is position the bloc as a voice with a certain weight within Pan-Americanism,” says Salinas.
In the opinion of this 60-year-old neurologist, who aspires to preside over the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), care to prevent the spread of this disease must be “for the entire population, not just for one group,” referring to that the WHO has reflected a greater number of cases of men after having sexual relations with other men.
“It is not insignificant to say that there is a percentage of women and children affected. And in the development of a learning curve on a new condition, perhaps tomorrow there will be other routes of transmission,” he comments during the interview granted to Efe in his office. in Montevideo.
On July 29, Uruguay confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country and, according to the portfolio in a statement, the patient had a recent travel history.
Subsequently, Salinas reported that Uruguay will receive some 6,000 vaccines against this disease between October and November. EFE
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