Guyana discharges first monkeypox patient
The 57-year-old man, the first person diagnosed with monkeypox in Guyana, has been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal, Georgetown.
“Our first patient is now back at home, and that patient is non-infectious and can now resume work,” Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony revealed during his daily COVID-19 Update.
“We had his close contacts in quarantine, and they have all now been rechecked, and none of them shows any signs or symptoms of monkeypox so that they can resume normal activities as well. Our second patient, we will continue monitoring, and once the time is up, we will release that patient as well.”
The man’s status was first confirmed on August 22.
Anthony said the Ministry of Health had received many calls from members of the public who suspected they might have been infected with monkeypox,
Tests revealed that those people were not infected with the contagious virus.
Close to 58,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 103 countries.
Symptoms of monkeypox include exhaustion, fever, headaches, backache, muscle ache, chills, and swollen lymph glands. These symptoms can last 2 to 4 weeks, and the severity depends on the age of an infected person.
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