The General Directorate of Health (DGS) today confirmed 20 more cases of human infection with monkeypox virus in Portugal, bringing the total number of cases to 348, most of them reported in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo.
According to the DGS, there are also records of cases in the North, Alentejo and Algarve regions.
All confirmed infections are in men between the ages of 19 and 61., the majority being under 40 years of age. The new cases were confirmed by the National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge (INSA).
The DGS adds that the identified cases remain “in clinical follow-up, and are stable.”
The national health authority reminds that a person who is sick is no longer contagious “only after complete healing and detachment of the scabs from the skin lesions”which can exceed four weeks.
“The information collected through epidemiological surveys is being analyzed to contribute to the evaluation of the outbreak at the national and international level,” adds the DGS, which says that it continues to monitor the situation at the national level in conjunction with the European institutions.
Source: Observadora
