DGS Warns that the Risk of the Shamonda Virus to Human Health in Portugal Is Very Low

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Portugal has surveillance and response mechanisms, through the National Epidemiological Surveillance System, the network of health authorities and the laboratory network, including the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doctor Ricardo Jorge, in conjunction with the animal health and environmental sectors

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After the first human case identified in France, DGS reinforces epidemiological surveillance and recommends measures to prevent insect bites.

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The Directorate-General for Health monitors the evolution of the Shamonda virus, detected in Portuguese livestock farms, and considers the risk to human health in the country to be very low, after a first human infection has been identified in France. "In Portugal, no suspected or confirmed cases of human infection with the Shamonda virus have been reported to DGS [Health Directorate-General].

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The Directorate-General for Health accompanies the Shamonda virus, detected in livestock farms, and considers the risk to human health very low after a human infection in France.