The Ministry of Health confirms the seventh case of monkeypox in Brazil

The patient from Porto Alegre has a stable clinical condition, without complications and is in home isolation.

Isaac Fontana / CJPress / Estadão ContentThe Ministry of Health has confirmed seven cases of monkeypox in Brazil

a Ministry of Health Confirmed the seventh case of monkey pox in Brazil. This is a 34-year-old man, a resident of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, with a history of traveling to the European continent. The patient has a stable clinical picture, without complications and is in home isolation. All people who have been in contact with him are being monitored by health teams. According to the volume, there are four diagnoses in Sao Paulotwo in Rio Grande do Sul and one in Rio de Janeiro. However, nine other cases are still under investigation. The country’s first record was set on June 12, last Sunday.

The Ministry of Health is also concerned about another disease: human rabies. A 4-year-old boy died in the countryside Bertopolis, within the state of Minas Gerais, after contracting the virus. Before him, a 5-year-old boy and two 12-year-old children also died from the same cause. The Minas Gerais State Department of Health is monitoring another suspected case of the disease. He is 17 years old, and he lives in a rural area of ​​Teofilo Otuni.