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“The risk to Saskatchewan residents remains low,” a health ministry spokeswoman said Thursday.
This photo of the pamphlet taken in 2001 and received on Monday, May 23, 2022 from the Robert Koch Institute, shows a color electron microscopic capture of the monkeypox virus. Photo of ANDREA MAENNEL / ANDREA SCHNARTENDORFF / Robert Koch Institute / AFP via Getty Images
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The Saskatchewan government says it is looking for monkeypox, but has yet to find any suspicious cases of the virus.
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A senior public health official told doctors this week that they should be vigilant and consider monkeypox when diagnosing patients with its telltale symptoms, which include rash, fever and swollen lymph nodes.
The Ministry of Health said it had not found any suspected or confirmed cases until Thursday; nor had he received any samples from patients who had been tested for the virus.
“There are no confirmed or suspicious cases in this province so far, and the risk to Saskatchewan residents remains low,” spokeswoman Jennifer Graham wrote in an email.
Smallpox is a similar but milder viral disease than smallpox that circulates mainly in Central and West Africa. A small number of cases have been detected in other countries in recent weeks, including Canada.
The Public Health Agency of Canada had confirmed 26 cases of the virus as of Thursday, all but one in Quebec. The agency said more cases are likely to be confirmed in the coming days as it receives samples from “several jurisdictions”.
Saskatchewan Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab declared the monkey’s smallpox an “emerging communicable disease” earlier this week, meaning any suspected cases should be reported to the local medical health within 48 hours of detection.
In a letter, CMHO Assistant Dr. Julie Kryzanowski said testing for the virus should be provided through Roy Romanow’s provincial laboratory in Regina, which would then send samples to the Winnipeg National Microbiology Laboratory for analysis. the.
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