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Patient remains isolated in San Lorenzo

The provincial director of Epidemiology, Carolina Cudós, provided details about monkeypox on Aug 21 in the city of Santa Fe - mpox (known as "monkeypox"), based on the suspected case of a crew memberof the 'Ina Lotte', who presented symptoms compatible with that disease, for which reason, he remained isolated in the port of San Lorenzo. Cudós said that "the case of the person who was on board and was in the port of San Lorenzo, tested negative for monkeypox, but positive for chickenpox, so the usual precautions were taken for this type of case. The protocol was activated on time, as it should be. The important thing was the alert and all the actions carried out on time to protect the population.

Ship quarantined due to a suspected case of mpox

Argentine authorities have quarantined the 'Ina Lotte' on the Parana River over a suspected case of mpox on board, the government said on Aug 20, 2024, as global public health authorities remained on alert over a new, faster-spreading variant of the virus. The ship had come from Santos to pick up a cargo of soybeans. It was near the inland grain port of Rosario, when it alerted authorities that one of its crew members, of Indian nationality, had cyst-like skin lesions predominantly on the chest and face. The patient was isolated from the rest of the crew, and the health emergency protocol was activated. The vessel, which was heading to the port of San Lorenzo in the Santa Fe province, had to anchor in the river. Only medical personnel was allowed to board the ship, while the entire crew had to remain in quarantine pending test results.Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox virus a global public health emergency for the second time in two years as a new variant of the virus spread rapidly in Africa. Report with photo: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/health/other/argentina-suspects-first-case-of-mpox-as-entire-cargo-ship-quarantined/ar-AA1p9R1A