Minister of Health Frank Anthony
“What we have been doing is to make sure that our physicians are able to recognize signs and symptoms of monkeypox.
“We want to equip our healthcare system in case we have any cases here, we will be able to detect it (and) we will be able to treat it,” Dr. Anthony said.
With those healthcare workers receiving training overseas, he added that if there is any detected case in Guyana, the authorities will be able to respond.
A report by PAHO states that training on the detection and laboratory diagnosis of monkeypox is being offered to people from participating countries.
The report adds that more than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 29 non-endemic countries, but Guyana has not recorded any cases since the cases started rising in the Americas.
Despite the discovery of the disease back in 1958, many countries are not trained to diagnose the disease. He further posited that the monkeypox cases were easily detected due to the strict monitoring of the COVID-19 disease.
