Minister of Health, Monica Garcia This Saturday confirmed that. Risk of infection in Spain and Europe due to the new type of monkeypox Andunder “As the European Agency for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has pointed out.
“In Spain and Europe as a whole, the risk is low (indicated yesterday by the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention). The greatest risk is for people traveling to countries with a major outbreak. The Minister indicated through several messages on the social network X that new measures will be taken regarding MPOX in Africa and we will propose new measures regarding it.
Garcia also stressed that the seriousness of MPOX disease is concentrated in “Some countries in Africa”, Mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so it is considered that “The international emergency must focus on improving the situation there.” “Spain has increased from 7,500 to 264 cases per year thanks to surveillance and vaccination,” he added.
The head of health confirmed that the majority of infections In Spain, it is linked to sexual contact, although he explained that this is not the only way the infection is transmitted.
Meetings to update measures
“We will have more data on the new variant in the coming weeks, so Let us be careful when extrapolating conclusions from other contexts, with other systems and other facts. He added, in this context, the Minister pointed out that during “In the coming days” meetings with the European Union And with the autonomous regions to update existing measures and assess the need to develop “some new measures”.
“The good performance against MPOX in Spain between 2022 and 2024 was thanks to the joint work with the autonomous communities and, above all, with And the groups that have enabled this problem to be addressed effectively and without stigma.” The minister added.
The Health Minister also stressed the need to vaccinate the aforementioned persons, stressing at the same time that the government will maintain “Attention should be paid to the need to introduce some modifications to these indicators to improve them.”
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