Monkeypox: Hospital in ES collects container for suspected cases

A private hospital located in Hug Set up a container to handle cases monkey pox. In the video above, you can see the metal structure installed from the outside, near some parked ambulances, with a poster warning of “exclusive care” for the disease.

wanted by NewspaperGrupo Meridional explained that the site was created as a precaution “for on-demand use in the event that monkeypox infection grows larger in the state and it is necessary to add auxiliary spaces.” The measure is part of a “contingency plan”.

The network also clarified that “it has restricted areas to serve patients with influenza symptoms within the facilities and that it is expected that there will be new isolation sectors in the expansion project.”

Also according to the released data, the only symptom common to all those infected in the state was a rash. In addition to the skin reaction, some had a headache, sudden fever, back pain, fatigue, sore throat, and swollen immune system glands.

Although the news was published recently, Monkeypox was discovered in the 1950s, after two outbreaks in colonies of these animals, which were kept for research. The first human case of infection was recorded in the 1970s, in Congo, an African country.

According to information released by World Health Organization (WHO)Symptoms usually last between two and three weeks, and consist of: fever, headache, muscle aches and a rash, usually on the face, palms and soles of the feet.

In general, there are two main types of the disease. The most dangerous of them, known as the “Congo strain”, can have a mortality rate of up to 10%. The other species, popularly called the “West African strain”, has a much lower fatality rate, close to 1%.