Forecasting monkeypox cases to increase, the Ministry of Health proposes to closely monitor the border gate

In the official dispatch to the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities, in order to actively monitor cases of monkeypox and promptly implement measures to prevent epidemics and minimize the number of cases and deaths, the Ministry Local recommendations direct the Department of Health and related units to actively monitor and detect suspected cases at the border gate, especially those returning from countries where monkeypox is endemic such as Benin. , Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and South Sudan.

Monkeypox was first detected in monkeys in 1958. The first human case was reported in 1970 in Congo. Monkeypox can be transmitted from person to person through close contact, through wounds, bodily fluids, droplets, and through contact with contaminated objects such as blankets, sheets, pillows, and mattresses.

The disease is often severe in children, pregnant women or immunocompromised people. The incubation period is 5-21 days (usually 6-13 days). Monkeypox presents with symptoms similar to smallpox, but is more common with systemic skin lesions and enlarged lymph nodes.

According to WHO, from the first case of monkeypox detected in the UK on May 13. As of May 21, the world recorded 92 cases, 28 suspected cases and no deaths. The detected cases did not have a history of travel from an endemic area and the countries where the case was reported had no previous monkeypox circulation.

The confirmed cases are West African monkeypox virus and its similarity to the virus that spread from Nigeria to several countries in 2018, 2019. WHO forecasts that monkeypox epidemics will continue to increase. increase the number of cases in the near future.