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A new suspected case of monkey pox (monkeypox) has been detected in Morocco, Health and Social Protection Minister Khalid Aït Taleb said Tuesday, June 14, in the Second Chamber of Parliament. If confirmed, it will be added to the first confirmed case, which was announced in the Kingdom on June 2, noted the minister.
Mr. Aït Taleb also explained that 7 suspected cases have tested negative since the global monkeypox health alert, stressing that Morocco’s experience with the Covid-19 virus is very useful in dealing with the monkeypox disease. The minister stressed that his department “has experience in the management of health crises”.
“Today, units are installed at all Moroccan crossing points to diagnose the virus with ease and alert the ministry to take action at the regional level,” he said. The Minister recalled that there is no cure for the monkeypox virus, noting that recovery occurs after three to four weeks, while all contact with infected people should be avoided.
He warned that “the incubation period of the virus is between 3 and 21 days, a period during which a person can transmit the virus even in the absence of symptoms”, he warned, recalling that “Monkey pox is caused by a virus known since 1959 and spread to Central and West Africa in 1970.”
The Minister said that there are four laboratories qualified to carry out confirmation tests for the presence of monkeypox, considering that the country “does not need to approve other laboratories, because the disease is not widespread and things are in order.”
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