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BUENOS AIRES – Argentina confirmed the first two cases of monkeypox in Latin America on Friday, according to statements from the Ministry of Health.
Spain, England and Portugal are the countries with the most recent outbreaks of this usually mild viral disease outside their endemic areas, which is common in parts of West and Central Africa.
“The PCR result of the case in question is positive,” the health ministry said of Argentina’s first case, adding that the patient was in good health and people who had been in close contact with him were under clinical and epidemiological control. no symptoms so far.
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Later in the afternoon, the ministry confirmed another case of a Spanish citizen who arrived in Argentina on Wednesday and began developing ulcers the next day.
“The patient is in good general condition, isolated and receiving symptomatic treatment,” the ministry said.
Most of the reported infections worldwide have not been serious so far. Many, but not all, of the people who have been diagnosed with the current monkeypox epidemic are men who have sex with men. Symptoms include fever and rash.
About 20 countries where smallpox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the virus, with more than 200 confirmed or suspected infections, mostly in Europe.
(Report by Eliana Rashevski in Buenos Aires Written by Stephen Gratton Edited by Matthew Lewis and Leslie Adler)
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