CARACAS, Jun 13 (NNN-ABN) – Venezuela registered its first positive case of monkeypox, in a patient who recently arrived from Spain, the Ministry of Popular Power for Health, reported, yesterday.
The ministry said in a statement that, “the first suspected case of monkeypox was detected at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia,” about 21 km from downtown Caracas.
The patient entered Venezuela from Madrid, and “had contact with two infected people in the city of Barcelona.”
The patient “was isolated immediately, relevant tests were carried out, and a sample was taken, giving a positive result,” the statement said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), stated that, monkeypox can be transmitted through direct contact with infected blood, bodily fluids, skin lesions, or mucous membranes.
The disease can also be spread by respiratory particles or contaminated clothing or objects.– NNN-ABN
