Costa Rica Confirms Two New Monkeypox Cases, Activates Health Surveillance ⋆ The Costa Rica News

Costa Rica Confirms Two New Monkeypox Cases, Activates Health Surveillance ⋆ The Costa Rica News

Costa Rica's Ministry of Health has activated epidemiological protocols after confirming two monkeypox cases in San José. Learn about the symptoms and prevention guidelines.

Monkeypox in Costa Rica

Q COSTA RICA — The confirmation of two cases of monkeypox — also known as Mpox (viruela símica in Spanish) in San José has led Costa Rican health authorities to activate surveillance protocols and emphasize that the disease does not pose a high risk of transmission to the population. The Ministry of Health, along with the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA), confirmed that the patients are two men, …