09:49 PM
Saturday 23 July 2022
Books – Ahmed Gomaa:
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said that the announcement by the World Health Organization today, Saturday, of the outbreak of the monkeypox virus, which has spread in many countries around the world, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), will enable the organization to take additional measures to try to curb the spread of the virus. .
He explained in an awareness publication today, that this declaration gives the World Health Organization the ability to recommend how countries should respond and can also mobilize global coordination for a more unified response, and part of this effort may include ensuring a more equitable distribution of vaccines and treatments.
He pointed out that the number of confirmed cases has so far reached more than 16,000 in more than 75 countries across Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, new parts of Africa, South Asia and Australia.
According to Abdel Ghaffar, the monkeypox virus spreads through close contact, mainly through direct exposure to rashes, contaminated clothing or linens, or through respiratory droplets.
So far, no deaths from the virus have been reported in the United States or Europe, even as the number of cases is rising.
Usually monkeypox infection leads to the appearance of a painful rash, and the formation of vesicles on the palm of the hand, while historical cases were characterized by a rash on large parts of the body, but the cases in the current prevalence mostly included people who had a small number of rashes around the genitals or anus
The outbreak has so far been largely concentrated among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, but this does not preclude the
The probability of its spread among people with weakened immune systems The probability of the disease spreading in Middle Eastern countries is still not high.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health stressed that no confirmed cases have been detected in Egypt until today.
He stressed that the Ministry of Health has raised the level of surveillance and suspicion in all land and sea ports and quarantine places, with the issuance of a guide for doctors in all governorates to indicate
How to diagnose and treat any cases that prove to be infected. It has also provided reagents for laboratory tests and treatment since the beginning of the World Health Organization’s announcement of the emergence of confirmed cases in Europe in order to ensure the early detection of any confirmed cases and the speed of isolation and treatment and to prevent the epidemiological spread of the disease inside Egypt.