Togo prepares to face monkeypox as several countries in the West and Africa deal with the virus

Health
Saturday, 28 May 2022 04:14
Togo prepares to face monkeypox as several countries in the West and Africa deal with the virus

(Togo First) - Togolese authorities are preparing to fight off monkeypox which is currently affecting some Western and African countries. They are taking measures though no case has been recorded yet in the country. 

Preventive measures were presented to some infectious disease specialists, virologists, bacteriologists, and other medical staff gathered at the Regional Hospital Center (CHR-Lomé Commune) of Lomé. Ihou Wateba, who coordinates the CHR’s care and is also the minister of higher education, presented them.

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Wateba said Togo is preparing the necessary reception and support structures for possible confirmed cases of this disease. 

Towards an efficient response, the official took stock of the recommendations of the health sector on strategies to adopt. Their recommendations, he added, will be studied by the government.

By anticipating the virus, the government intends to protect the Togolese people and limit the impact of the virus in case it spreads to Togo.

The symptoms of monkeypox are very similar to those of smallpox–generalized or localized adenopathies, single or bilateral submaxillary and cervical. It is transmitted by direct contact, with an animal or a human, and through objects.

Esaïe Edoh

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