Ministry of Health prepare guidance on the subject and present it to the public.
In the prepared guidelines, many topics were discussed in detail, from the microbiology of the disease to the methods of transmission, from its symptoms to treatment methods.
The following information has been included in the guide:
How is the virus transmitted?
It can be transmitted to humans through direct contact with the blood and body fluids of infected animals or through bites.The virus can be transmitted from person to person through contact or the use of common objects. The longest transmission chain reported so far is six to nine.
What are the signs and symptoms?
The incubation period is usually 6-14 days, but can vary between 1-21 days. Possible cases are considered to be those who have been in contact with someone with a confirmed disease diagnosis in the past 21 days before symptoms and complaints such as fatigue, headache, muscle pain, rash skin along with fever.
A PCR test is needed to definitively diagnose the case.
The symptoms last 2-4 weeks
Measles, whose symptoms usually last 2-4 weeks and are self-limiting, can cause serious issues. Although the highest death rate is 10 percent in cases in Central Africa, this rate is 1 percent in West Africa With the form that has become a pandemic after 2022, the death rate in people with normal immune systems less than 1 per thousand.
What to do in a possible case
In the event of a potential case, standard infection control measures must be fully implemented. It is requested that maximum attention is paid to hand hygiene and the following measures are taken, respectively:
The patient wears a surgical mask. Health care workers will use personal protective equipment such as N95 masks, glasses or visors, gloves and aprons. Samples are taken from the patient’s skin lesions.
In the event of a definitive case, standard infection control measures will be fully implemented. Maximum attention will be paid to hand hygiene, and precautions will be taken for contact with body fluids and close contact as well.
“The smallpox vaccine is 85 percent effective against the disease”
The report stated that the smallpox vaccine was about 85 percent effective in preventing smallpox in those who received the smallpox vaccine during the period when the vaccine was administered. give the smallpox vaccine regularly. For this reason, it has been said that those who have previously received the smallpox vaccine may have a milder disease or be protected from the disease. “The vaccination scar on the upper arm can be taken as a sign of previous vaccination against smallpox,” it was said.
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