JALISCO.- Fernando Petersen Aranguren, the Secretary of State for Health reported that in Jalisco there are already nine cases of monkeypox.
He noted that two new confirmed cases have been added and that “none of them were among the ones we had in follow-upthese are new cases and yesterday they reported the positivity to us.”
Among the positive cases are two foreign patientsthree in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta and four residents of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, according to the health secretary.
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It is reported that people infected with monkeypox maintained contact with foreignersit is also excluded that there is already a community transmission in the state.
There are no community infections, all of them, all of them have had contact with strangers, all of them,” Peterson explained.
There are two suspected cases
Likewise, the official clarified that with the people under surveillance, Two other cases are listed as suspects.
June 11 the first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Jalisco; This is a subject from Toronto, Canada who resides in Puerto Vallarta and who apparently contracted the virus from a citizen of Dallas, Texas.
At the end of May, the Canadian visited the Mantamar Beach Club, so people who arrived at the scene that day were placed under epidemiological surveillance; 55 people continue to be followed to this day.
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