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Monkeypox is here, take care

FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin. -
FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin. -

THE EDITOR: Monkeypox, now in TT, is transmitted by direct contact with the rash, scabs, crusts, fluids, respiratory secretions of an infected person. Lower your risk of contracting monkeypox by avoiding close physical contact with an infected person; do not share razors, toothbrushes, sex toys; wash your hands; wear a medical mask properly.

The rash appears on the face and mouth; arms and legs; hands and feet; anus, rectum, genitals.

It is accompanied by fever, chills, muscle pain, headache.

If you have the symptoms isolate at home, away from others; seek professional medical attention pronto.

AV RAMPERSAD

Princes Town

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