SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has notified two cases of monkeypox since yesterday without any new ones being studied. Therefore, since the beginning of the declaration of the health alert there have been 92 confirmed cases, of which 62 were detected in Gran Canaria, 28 in Tenerife and two in Fuerteventura.
All active cases are having mild symptoms and remain in home isolation receiving follow-up from Primary Care.
Thus, the confirmed and notified cases in the Canary Islands since the beginning of the alert and until today are as follows: 92 confirmed cases, 62 in Gran Canaria, 28 in Tenerife and two in Fuerteventura; one probable case, pending confirmation, notified in Gran Canaria, and two suspected cases, pending confirmation, one notified in Tenerife and the other in Gran Canaria.
The protocol of the Ministry of Health classifies cases between probable and suspected depending on whether the patient meets clinical criteria and epidemiological criteria (probable cases) or if it only presents clinical criteria and in such case it is considered a suspected case.
