“Mpox does not have the same conditions of covid-19”

This Tuesday the Infectious disease specialist and member of the Network of Doctors for Health, Julio Castroclaimed that monkeypox disease began through direct contact through sexual relations.

“Although there are cases in 150 countries that would condition or define it as a global epidemic, it does not have the same conditions or circumstances as Covid-19.“, Castro said.

He also stated that the alert issued by the World Health Organization (WHO)originated because in the Republic of the Congo A large number of infected children have been observed, which means that there is a new variant that is suspected to be transmitted not only sexually but through other contact routes such as airborne through the respiratory tract.

Although this possibility is still under investigation, Castro maintains that if confirmed, it could lead to a much greater contagion scenario.

The infectious disease specialist stated that the symptoms presented by this pathology are feverish condition, skin lesions like those caused by smallpox.

“They are vesicle-type lesions, they are blisters“, the doctor stressed, after confirming that the contagion period can extend from three to four weeks, as highlighted by Unión Radio.

Castro said that if a case is suspected, it is recommended that the Ministry of Health be contacted to carry out the relevant investigations.