Monkeypox: Who should be vaccinated against the disease in our country? – Third

Also known as moor trout warnings were raised around the world after they were discovered about five thousand cases and almost 500 deaths from the virus.

After the warning given by the WHO, the Minister of Health said, Ximena Aguilera, without the fact that the virus is currently present in our country.

“The new version was not found in Chile. However, we will continue to work on the prevention of this disease, and from 2022 we have vaccines for the population at risk,” said the head of the health package in this regard.

Vaccination against the disease began on October 19, 2022, when the warning was still in effect for the first major outbreak in countries outside Africa. Since then, our country has received the vaccine “Chinese”, developed by the Bavarian Nordic laboratory.

Vaccination is done nationally in various health centers in the 16 regions of Chile.

• He is a PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) user.
• He was closely related to a mottled individual
• You are a sex worker
• Living with HIV (Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus)
• You have or had an STI (Sexually Transmitted Disease) in the past year
• He is a man and has had sex with other men, regardless of age, sexual orientation or gender identity

If you are not part of these groups, there is no need to be included.

As described in the Ministry of Health (Minsal), the vaccination schedule is twofoldwhich must be done in a Interval 28 daysin the same place if possible.

Since Minsal They indicate that the effectiveness of the vaccine 99.8%a figure based on the production of antibodies achieved two weeks after the second dose.

Smallpox is transmitted through close contactmainly through direct contact with skin lesions or droplets exhaled from an infected person. The incubation period varies between 6 and 13 dayswith ranges between 5 and 21 days.

Also, although less often, it is possible to get an infection from the beginning or a bite from some an infected animal.

The disease is mostly recognized by the skin lesions that causewhich is filled with a yellow or clear liquid and produces scabs. These can appear on the face, hands, mouth, soles of the feet and in the genital or anal area.

In addition to the above, the person may be infected fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, muscle and back pain, headache and others respiratory symptoms.