MonkeyPox in Canary Islands

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Noticias:

Fuerteventura continues to have two cases of monkeypox and two other probable cases pending confirmation.

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands notifies three new cases and nine in study of monkeypox since Friday. Therefore, since the beginning of the declaration of the health alert there are 107 confirmed cases, of which 71 were detected in Gran Canaria, 34 in Tenerife and two in Fuerteventura.

 

All active cases are having mild symptoms and remain in home isolation receiving follow-up by Primary Care.

 

Thus, the confirmed and reported cases in the Canary Islands since the beginning of the alert and until today are as follows:

 

- 107 confirmed cases, 71 in Gran Canaria, 34 in Tenerife and two in Fuerteventura.

 

- Two probable cases, pending confirmation, reported in Fuerteventura.

 

- Seven suspected cases, pending confirmation, six reported in Gran Canaria and one in Tenerife.

 
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 such a case is considered a suspected case.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Radio Sintonia:

New confirmed case of monkeypox in Fuerteventura.

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands notifies nine new cases and ten in study of monkeypox since yesterday. Therefore, since the beginning of the declaration of the health alert there are 116 confirmed cases, of which 77 were detected in Gran Canaria, 36 in Tenerife and three in Fuerteventura.

 

All active cases are having mild symptoms and remain in home isolation receiving follow-up by Primary Care.

Thus, the confirmed and reported cases in the Canary Islands since the beginning of the alert and until today are as follows:

– 116 confirmed cases, 77 in Gran Canaria, 36 in Tenerife and three in Fuerteventura.

– A probable case, pending confirmation, notified in Fuerteventura.

– Nine suspected cases, pending confirmation, six reported in Gran Canaria, two in Tenerife and one in Fuerteventura.
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 such a case is considered a suspected case.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Noticias:

Canary Islands counts 132 positive monkeypox and thirteen probable cases.

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands counts six new cases and eleven in study of monkeypox since yesterday. Therefore, since the beginning of the declaration of the health alert there are 132 confirmed cases, of which 82 were detected in Gran Canaria, 45 in Tenerife, four in Fuerteventura and one in La Palma.

 

All active cases are having mild symptoms and remain in home isolation receiving follow-up by Primary Care.

 

Thus, the confirmed and reported cases in the Canary Islands since the beginning of the alert and until today are as follows:

 

- 132 confirmed cases, 82 in Gran Canaria, 45 in Tenerife, four in Fuerteventura and one in La Palma.

 

- Thirteen probable cases, pending confirmation, five reported in Lanzarote, three in Tenerife, three in Fuerteventura, one in Gran Canaria and one in La Palma.

 
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 such a case is considered a suspected case.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Radio Sintonia:

Additional 5,000 Doses of Monkeypox Vaccines Arrive.

The Ministry of Health announces the arrival of 5,000 doses of additional Imvanex vaccines against monkeypox or Monkeypox. These doses are in addition to the 5,300 received in June and the more than 7,000 received in August.

 

With this latest addition, managed by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), the National Health System (SNS) will have more than 17,000 doses against this virus available to the autonomous communities and cities.
Vaccines must be kept deep-frozen to ensure their quality, safety and efficacy and are made available to public health authorities for the control of this outbreak.