Sunday, May 29, 2022 – 9:28 PM
ABU DHABI, 29th May, 2020 (WAM) — The Ministry of Health and Community Protection announced the registration of 3 new cases of “monkeypox” in the country, according to the policy followed by health authorities for monitoring and early investigation of the disease.
The Ministry confirmed that monkeypox is a contagious viral disease, but its ways of spreading are limited compared to the “Covid-19” virus, and it is the most prominent method of transmission from one person to another through contact with body fluids and respiratory droplets, contact with skin lesions of an infected person, and contact with surfaces contaminated with the fluids of the infected person or through the placenta from the pregnant mother to her fetus.
The Ministry recommended that members of the community follow all safety and health prevention measures, take preventive measures when traveling and gatherings, and avoid unsafe and unhealthy behaviors.
The Ministry of Health and Community Protection reassured the community members that the health authorities in the country are taking all necessary measures, including investigation, examination of contacts and follow-up, in addition to continuous and diligent work to ensure the health sector’s readiness to confront all epidemics and infectious diseases.
And she stressed that all health authorities in the country adopt a unified national guide for dealing with infected people and those in contact with monkeypox, which includes completely isolating the infected in hospitals until they recover, quarantining close contacts for a period of no less than 21 days at home, and monitoring their health condition, while ensuring their commitment to the home stone.
The Ministry called on the honorable public to take information from official sources in the country, and to avoid circulating rumors and false information, rather than the importance of following developments and instructions issued by health authorities.
Wam / Asim Al-Khouli
