The Secretary of State for Health of São Paulo announced this Sunday (16) that the state recorded, on Saturday (15), the second death from smallpox in monkeys. The patient was born in Santos, 36 years old, had comorbidities and had been hospitalized in Praia Grande since the beginning of September.
The first death in the state was recorded on Wednesday (12). A 26-year-old resident of the capital, he also had “several comorbidities”, according to the ministry.
In the country, there are 8,652 confirmed cases of the disease and six deaths, according to data from the Ministry of Health released on Friday (14). However, the bulletin considers only the first victim of the disease in São Paulo. Therefore, the total number of deaths should be seven. Minas Gerais (3) and Rio (2) represent the remaining dead.
São Paulo has 3,901 cases, according to the Health Ministry. The secretariat points out that, in the current outbreak, “intimate and sexual contact transmission” prevails.
The Pan American Health Organization warned on Wednesday that four health emergencies threaten the region of the Americas: cholera, polio, Covid-19 and monkeypox. On the latter, the director of PAHO, Carissa Etienne, pointed out that the spread “appears to be slowing down”, although last week more than 2,300 new infections were reported by the countries that make up the region.
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Health received the first shipment, with 9,800 units, of vaccines against monkeypox. Brazil purchased approximately 50,000 immunizers via the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) revolving fund. The next batches should be delivered by the end of 2022.
For now, as the World Health Organization (WHO) guides, immunizers will be used to carry out studies. The research will serve to generate “evidence on the effectiveness, immunogenicity and safety” of the monkeypox vaccine and, in this way, guide the decision of managers, according to the Ministry of Health.
The folder reinforces that the vaccines are safe and are currently used against smallpox or common smallpox.
Source: CNN Brasil
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