The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands reports a new positive case of monkeypox, which corresponds to the result of the sample sent last Friday; this means that there are two confirmed cases in the Canary Islands that correspond, therefore, to the first two detected last week.
Also, today, three new cases of monkeypox for study have been reported to the Coordinating Center for Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health. These are three young men from Gran Canaria who are showing favorable evolution and whose samples will be sent for study at the National Center for Microbiology. One of the cases has been classified as probable because it meets the clinical and epidemiological criteria, while the other two are suspected cases because they only present clinical criteria.
Therefore, the confirmed and notified cases in the Canary Islands since the beginning of the alert and until today, all men and with favorable evolution, are two confirmed cases, one in Gran Canaria and one in Tenerife that correspond to the two cases notified last week; four probable cases pending confirmation and three suspected cases.
The protocol of the Ministry of Health classifies cases between probable and suspected depending on whether the patient meets clinical criteria and epidemiological criteria (probable cases) or if he only presents clinical criteria and in that case it is considered a suspected case.
