In spain investigate a second source of contagion monkey pox in a fiesta, following that country became the one with the strongest outbreak of this disease. The event in question is a festival in the island of Gran Canaria, to which About 80,000 people attended. Among them, they are supposed to have been some positive cases identified in Madrid.
The celebration that is traced is the Gay pride from the town of maspalomas, held between May 5 and 15 in the south of Gran Canaria. However, the Ministry of Health of the Government of the island specified yesterday that only one of the two cases of monkeypox officially detected there was at that festival, according to the Spanish media.
If confirmed, it would be second source of contagion, since the first was identified in the Madrid Paradise Saunaa gay place now closed. “Most of these positives are associated with this focus,” explained the Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, who reported 21 proven cases and 19 suspects in the region.
Meanwhile, spokespersons for the government of the Canary Islands stressed that “It is possible” that this event held in Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés “has contributed to the transmission of the virus”, although they noticed that it is still too early to know the weight it had in the spread of the disease.
In that country, five new communities have detected suspected cases of monkeypox in the last few hours, bringing the total number of autonomous communities investigating infections of this disease to seven. The health departments of Basque Country, Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Galicia They evaluate their first suspected cases, which must be confirmed by the National Microbiology Center in Majadahonda, Madrid.
For its part, in the World Health Organization (WHO) they stated that They have information on more than 80 cases of monkeypox in the world, with countries such as the United States, Portugal, France or Germany reporting infections.
In addition, there are another fifty case studies, in relation to this rare pathology, native to Africa and with symptoms that include fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and rashes.
”Monkeypox spreads differently than coronavirus, always in close contact”, they warned at the WHO and added: “People who had a close interaction with someone affected have a higher risk of contagion. This population includes health workers, family members, or sexual partners”.
Most of the cases identified in recent days, although not all, occurred in men who have sex with men. for now, there are no specific treatments or vaccines once morest monkeypoxwhich usually heal spontaneously.
In addition, the pictures at the moment are not serious. Although it is still early days, it seems that these infections come from a mild strain of the viruswith a mortality of 1%.
AFP and Télam Agencies
