Well being: We have now a sturdy system for surveillance and early detection of smallpox virus

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Sunday, August 18, 2024

Books – Hassan Mursi:

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Well being and Inhabitants, confirmed that Egypt has been freed from the monkeypox virus since 1998, because the monkeypox virus is taken into account a illness transmitted by contaminated mosquitoes, explaining that it has been verified that there have been no circumstances of inside transmission of the illness within the nation. no

Abdel Ghaffar indicated throughout a phone dialog with journalist Azza Mustafa on the “6 o’clock” program broadcast on “Al-Hayat” channel that the Ministry of Well being has a robust system for monitoring and early detection of the monkeypox virus. , which contributes to stopping the unfold of illness, and the system additionally consists of case monitoring and journey prevention companies.

He defined that there’s a distinction between an emergency and a pandemic, because the World Well being Group has declared 7 well being emergencies, of which solely two ailments have turn into pandemics, particularly swine flu and corona.

Concerning the signs, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Well being and Inhabitants mentioned that they primarily seem within the human physique within the type of rashes and pores and skin vesicles on the pores and skin and palate along with the genitals.