Venezuela detects two new cases of monkeypox

Workers walk in front of the emergency room at the Ana Francisca PÃ©rez de LeÃ³n II Hospital in Caracas.

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EFE / Rayner Peña

Workers walk in front of the emergency room at the Ana Francisca Pérez de León II Hospital in Caracas.

These are two people from Brazil and Peru, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Minister of Health of Venezuela, Gabriela Jiménez, reported through Twitter that in the country two new cases of monkeypox. The two patients were travelers from Brazil and Peru.

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In June, a first case of a citizen from Spain had been detected that he entered through the Simón Bolívar International Airport, and that according to the authorities, he was treated on time.

“The national epidemiological surveillance system is active as part of the actions instructed by President Nicolás Maduro. The Rafael Rangel National Institute of Hygiene and the Ministry of People’s Power for Health, in coordination, monitor cases,” the minister wrote. in the social network.

We inform the country that thanks to the efficiency of our epidemiological surveillance system, two (02) positive cases of monkeypox were detected in time in Venezuela, both patients are travelers from Brazil and Peru.

– Gabriela Jiménez (@Gabrielasjr) August 24, 2022

Jiménez reported that the patients “have medical attention and are in favorable health conditions” and that, in addition, tests are being carried out on those who had contact with those diagnosed.

The health unions have insisted that Venezuela is not in danger at the moment and that the alarms should not be turned on, but the necessary measures should be taken.

ANA RODRIGUEZ BRAZON
WEATHER CORRESPONDENT
CARACAS