Jamaica: Woman tests positive for monkeypox locally | Loop Caribbean News - Loop News Caribbean
A woman has tested positive for monkeypox (Mpox) in St Catherine, Jamaica.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness made the disclosure in its monkeypox update on Tuesday, relative to up to Sunday, March 19.Since Jamaica recorded its first Mpox case in July last year, 17 persons have recovered from the virus.In November 2022, the World Health Organisation (WHO) renamed monkeypox to Mpox, citing that the disease's original name plays into "racist and stigmatising language".The signs and symptoms associated with the disease include fever, chills, intense headache, extreme exhaustion, muscle and backaches, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that usually appears one to three days after the onset of the fever.Customize your news feed, save articles for later, view your reading history and more.