The Public Health Authority has provided several general tips to prevent monkeypox infection, indicating its symptoms, incubation period and methods of transmission, following announcing the outbreak. Monitoring a monkeypox infection for a person coming from outside the Kingdom.
The authority explained that the symptoms of monkeypox are fever, headache, muscle pain and back pain, in addition to fatigue, exhaustion, and swollen lymph glands.
She indicated that the signs of rashes appear following 1 to 3 days, starting from the face, and then spreading to the rest of the body, pointing out that the incubation period for the disease extends from 5 to 21 days, but is usually between 7 and 14 days.
She indicated that the disease is transmitted when a person is exposed to contact with an animal or human infected with the virus or fluids and secretions, while transmission may occur between humans and animals when biting and scratching from the infected animal, while transmission between humans and humans occurs through respiratory droplets or physical contact with a person suffering from Symptoms or contact with contaminated surfaces and personal items.
And the Public Health Authority advised to stay away from crowded places as much as possible during travel, and to adhere to wearing a mask and sterilizing hands continuously, stressing to see a doctor if a rash appears following infection and a high temperature, especially if the person was returning from travel during the past 21 days to start symptoms.
