Health spokesperson: No cases of monkeypox have been found within Egypt

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, confirmed that so far, no suspected or confirmed cases of infection have been found. Brown trout Within the Egyptian territory, he said: “We have no suspicion or confirmation of cases of monkeypox in Egypt.”

He explained during a telephone call on the “6 O’Clock” program, through the “Al-Hayat” channel, with the journalist Azza Mustafa, that we do not have smallpox endemicity, and the countries where the disease was transmitted outside the country. endemic countries have a travel history, noting that Sweden and Pakistan are the countries that have declared Cases have been found in the last few days, all linked to travel history Regarding the countries where it is endemic in Africa, it has been transferred internally.

He said the common symptoms are a patchy skin rash, high temperature, sore throat, muscle pain, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes, while the most common symptoms of monkeypox are the appearance of a rash on the palm of the hand and around the genitals. , indicating that anyone showing these symptoms should go to the nearest fever hospital for medical examination.

The official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health also confirmed that Egypt does not seem to have cholera.