Spain registered its first cases of monkeypox on May 18. Specifically, there were eight and all of them were detected in the Community of Madrid. Since then, the virus has not stopped spreading. Our country already accounts for 2,653 throughout the territory, with Madrid being the region with the most infected (1,378), followed by Catalonia (478) and Andalusia (333), according to the latest report published by the Ministry of Health.
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Community of Madrid: 1,378
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Catalonia: 478
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Andalusia: 333
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Valencian Community: 107
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Canary Islands: 90
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Balearic Islands: 70
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Basque Country: 56
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Aragon: 37
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Asturias: 23
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Galicia: 21
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Castile-La Mancha: 13
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Castile and Leon: 13
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Extremadura: 10
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Murcia: 8
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Navarra: 8
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Cantabria: 8
An epidemiological situation, for the moment not comparable to that of the coronavirus, which has forced the health authorities to act quickly. Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Denmark were the first countries to vaccinate close contacts, to which Spain was later added.
At the end of June, the first 5,300 doses of Jynneos, the most effective vaccine against this disease, were received. The Community of Madrid has been one of the first autonomies to start inoculating it in people at risk of contracting the virus. Monkeypox.
Because cutting the transmission is the main objective. And something that can contribute to this is the detection of symptoms. These are very common signs suffered by those who contract the disease. The Federation of Medical Scientific Associations of Spain (Facme) has prepared a document in which it collects the lesions with which this smallpox begins to manifest itself. The most common are cysts or vesicles on the arms and back. These signs are accompanied by fever, tiredness, joint pain and headache.
[El protocolo de Sanidad para tratar la viruela del mono]
However, a study published in the scientific journal ‘The New England Journal of Medicine’ has detected new symptoms of the simian virus.
The trial suggests that the infected people tested had previously unrecognized symptoms. These effects include genital lesions and sores in the mouth or anus that have led to admission to hospital for pain and swallowing difficulties. Consequences similar to those of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to the report.
“We have shown that current international case definitions need to be expanded to include symptoms that are not currently included, such as mouth sores, anal mucosal sores and simple ulcers. These specific symptoms can be serious and have led to hospital admissions, so it is important to make a diagnosis.” Chloe OrkinProfessor of HIV Medicine at Queen Mary University of London and one of the research participants.
Origin of monkeypox
It was first detected in Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970. It has become endemic in endemic disease in West and Central Africa, where it is contracted by thousands of people a year and causes hundreds of deaths. Due to the difficulties for diagnosis in these territories, there is no total report of deaths due to the simian virus. However, the WHO has assured that so far in 2022 it has caused 70 deaths.
In May 2022, the United Kingdom was the first European country to confirm the first Monkeypox infections.