The Ministry of Health has detected this Friday a second possible case of monkeypox infection that is being treated at the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital, in Tenerife, without requiring hospital admission. The samples that will determine whether or not the diagnosis is confirmed have been sent to the National Center for Microbiology, in Madrid.
This second case corresponds to a young man, who meets, according to the epidemiological survey carried out, the notification criteria and case profile that the Ministry of Health has registered as an alert for monkeypox infection, also known as Monkeypox. Given its favorable evolution, the patient should continue his process at home with the corresponding follow-up.
This is the second case under study in the Canary Islands after another was reported this Thursday that is being treated by the Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín University Hospital without requiring hospital admission and for which the result of the analysis of the diagnostic test sent to the National Center for Microbiology is awaited. Like this second case, the patient from Gran Canaria is progressing favorably and is following his process at home. Both cases have no epidemiological relationship.
Monkeypox
Monkeypox infection is a rare disease until now that presents with fever, headache, inflammation in the lymph nodes and rashes on the hands and face, similar to that produced by chickenpox. The virus has a low capacity for transmission between humans and requires close intimate contact. The incubation period ranges from 5 to 13 days, although sometimes it can reach up to 21.
This second case under investigation will be notified this Friday to the Ministry of Health and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), as indicated by the protocols.
On May 15, the United Kingdom launched a health alert to the WHO, according to international health regulations, after detecting the first four cases in Europe. This alert has activated the protocol in all health centers of the Canary Islands Health Service with the aim of detecting possible cases that may be detected early.
