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The Directorate General of Health Surveillance this Thursday reported two new infections of monkeypox in Paraguay and in this way five confirmed cases were registered. This is in addition to one suspect and 75 discarded, the majority mainly in Asunción and the Metropolitan Area.
Public Health reports that it is actively monitoring the two new patients, as well as their environment and contacts in the country, to monitor for possible new suspected cases. In the Americas, 51,040 cases of monkeypox and 16 deaths were confirmed, among Brazil, the United States, Ecuador and Cuba.
It said the third case was a man, Paraguayan, living in Asunción, aged between 40 and 50, with no history of traveling abroad. The last two cases refer to infection through community transmission, having no history of travel or contact with travelers.
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Remember that the first symptoms of monkeypox are non-specific such as fever, muscle aches, lymph nodes. Likewise injuries to the genitals, face or neck suffered. Infected people must be isolated, which does not have to be total, but must stay at home for 21 days.
They note that it spreads from person to person through direct contact with someone who has the rash, especially through face-to-face, skin-to-skin, mouth-to-mouth, or mouth-to-skin contact, including sexual contact. contact. Public Health has channel 154, which is free, or secret online chat on the web mspbs.gov.pyespecially in the monkeypox section.
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