SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 20. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has notified two new cases and one under study of monkeypox since yesterday, Tuesday, so since the beginning of the declaration of the health alert there have been 94 confirmed cases, of which 64 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: 94 confirmed cases, 64 in Gran Canaria, 28 in Tenerife and two in Fuerteventura; three probable cases, pending confirmation, two notified in Gran Canaria and one in Tenerife.
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.
