The health management indicated that it had “prepared for the introduction of the virus into New Caledonia since the reporting of this alert, in conjunction with infectious disease doctors” and had sent doctors the patient care protocol.
A first case of monkey pox has been detected in New Caledonia, a French archipelago located in the South Pacific, health authorities announced on Tuesday, who have identified the risk contacts around the patient. This is a person who consulted his general practitioner for a rash before being sent to the territorial hospital center to take samples, said the Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (Dass) in a letter sent to professionals. of health that AFP was able to consult.
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Contacts at risk around this case have been identified and have received instructions
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“The contacts at risk around this case have been identified and have received specific instructions which make it possible to prevent the transmission of the virus”, specified the Dass, which considers the risk of spread “very limited”.
The health department also indicated that it had “prepared for the introduction of the virus into New Caledonia since the reporting of this alert, in conjunction with infectious disease doctors” and had sent doctors the patient care protocol. Vaccines are expected very soon, says the same source.