Colombia doubles cases of monkeypox: figure rises to 273

The National Institute of Health (INS) reported this Monday that Colombia doubled its cases of monkeypox and already accumulates 273of which the majority are in Bogotá.

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According to the most recent report from the health authorities, which has a cut-off date this Monday, August 22, In total, 699 possible cases have been analyzed, of which 273 were positive and 242 discarded, while there are 184 suspected samples under study.

Bogotá is the region with the most registered infections, with 227, followed by the departments of Antioquia (14); Tolima and Valle del Cauca (6); Atlantic (4); Bolívar, Cauca, La Guajira, Risaralda and Santander (2), and Meta, Norte de Santander and Quindío (1).

(Colombia registers 55 infections of monkeypox).

The director of Epidemiology and Demography of the Ministry of Health, Claudia Cuéllar, assured last Friday that in the face of this disease there is “a concentrated population” so you can still “keep track of strings”.

“That is why we are permanently vigilant to prevent these chains from breaking and losing us and falling into a community transmission, which for now is not,” pointed.

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Last July 26, the Colombian government raised the risk of monkeypox transmission from moderate to high.

The Epidemiological Committee then decided “increase the level of risk of community transmission from a moderate level to a high level” and an action plan to increase diagnostic capacity and the care network in each department.

EFE