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Barbados health authorities are investigating a possible case of the moneypox disease, with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Kenneth George confirming that he is aware of the suspected case.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.<\/i><\/b><\/p>

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\u201cI am aware of the case and we are doing all the testing that is necessary. Appropriate samples have been taken. There is no travel history and the patient has been placed in isolation out of an abundance of caution,\u201d he said, adding that the Barbadian male presented with signs of lesions on his body.<\/p>\n

The on-line\u00a0Barbados TODAY<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday reported that the individual had been tested on Tuesday and the sample was sent to the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for confirmation.<\/p>

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The publication quoted Dr George as saying that the authorities are undertaking a \u201cfull\u201d review of the public health procedures as they express concern over the spread of monkeypox in the country\u2019s tourism source markets.<\/p>

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\u201cWe are actually having a full review with all persons working across the public sector on awareness and sensitisation, the symptoms, the signs, the clinical presentation, surveillance and epidemiology, \u201c he told\u00a0Barbados TODAY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The CMO said that Barbados had sent a \u201ccouple\u201d samples to CARPHA for testing and they came back negative.<\/p>

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\u201cTwo or three cases were presented with a rash, but all those samples came back negative. We continue to monitor the situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy advice to the population is to be very observant. Be careful about the persons you mix with. If the person has a rash, you should try to stay away from that individual because if you are exposed you would be required to be quarantined and quarantine is up to 21 days as prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>

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\u201cCOVID has told us that you cannot prevent a viral illness from coming through your ports of entry. Nonetheless, we think it is absolutely critical to apprise the port health workers to make sure that if a case comes across, they can identify it early, visually, and respond and put them in the appropriate care,\u201d Dr. George added.<\/p>

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Jamaica and the Bahamas are the only two Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries that have confirmed cases of moneypox. Signs and symptoms include rash, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, back pain and muscle pain.<\/p>\n

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Barbados health authorities are investigating a possible case of the moneypox disease, with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Kenneth George confirming that he is aware of the suspected case.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. \u201cI am aware of the case and we are doing all the testing that is necessary. 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