Health has confirmed today another positive for monkeypox and reports three new cases for study. With these and since the beginning of the alert, the Canary Islands have registered two positives, four probable cases and three suspects. All of them have a favorable evolution and are in home isolation.
The new positive case of monkeypox corresponds to the result of the sample sent last Friday, a young man from Tenerife and who is not related to the massive Maspalomas Gay Pride party.
The two confirmed cases in the Canary Islands therefore correspond to the first two detected last week.
Also, today three new cases of monkeypox have been notified to the Coordinating Center for Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health for study.
These are three young men from Gran Canaria who are progressing favorably and whose samples will be sent today for study at the National Center for Microbiology. One of the cases has been classified as probable because it meets the clinical and epidemiological criteria, while the other two are suspected cases because they only present clinical criteria.
Therefore, the confirmed and notified cases in the Canary Islands since the beginning of the alert and until today, all males and with a favorable evolution. In summary, there are two confirmed cases, one in Gran Canaria and the other in Tenerife, which correspond to the two positive cases reported last week, four probable cases pending confirmation and three suspected cases.
The protocol of the Ministry of Health classifies cases between probable and suspicious depending on whether the patient meets clinical criteria and epidemiological criteria (probable cases) or if it only presents clinical criteria and in such a case it is considered a suspicious case, Health has detailed.
