The Dutch health authorities announced more today smallpox cases of monkeysone day after the first case was confirmed, while today the first confirmed case was recorded in the canton of Bern in Switzerland at a time when Spain was announcing 23 new confirmed cases.
“We have identified many patients in the Netherlands “with the smallpox of monkeys,” the National Institutes of Health said in a statement.
In Switzerland, the case is a person infected through “close physical contact abroad”, the canton said in a statement today.
This person consulted a doctor because he had developed a fever, rash and felt bad, announced the canton and added that he has been isolated in his home and the disease is progressing in a mild way.
The Dutch institute did not give an exact number or details of those infected but said more information would be released later in the weekend.
Health authorities in Spain announced yesterday 23 new confirmed cases of the disease, mainly in the Madrid region where the local government closed a sauna that is associated with the majority of cases.
With these, the total death toll in Spain reached 30 caseswhile 23 confirmed cases have been detected in neighboring Portugal where 9 were detected yesterday.
Twenty cases have been identified in Britainwhere authorities administer the smallpox vaccine to health workers and others who may have been exposed to the virus.
More than 100 cases of monkey pox, which is endemic in West Africa, have so far been detected in Europe.
THE Smallpox is a rare, infectious diseasesimilar to the human smallpox that was eradicated in 1980. Although it is milder and most patients recover within a few weeks, in rare cases it can be fatal.
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and fatigue. Patients may also develop skin rashes, which often start on the face and spread to other parts of the body, including the genitals.
There is no cure for monkey pox, which is transmitted through contact with an infected patient or body fluids, including saliva. The disease usually resolves on its own.
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