DGS data is released weekly and updated until the previous Wednesday. The first five cases were confirmed in Portugal on May 3.

According to information released by the DGS, of the 749 cases, most (337) are people between 30 and 39 years old and men (742).

The DGS states that eligible contacts in the different regions continue to be identified and oriented towards vaccination, noting that, in conjunction with the national medicine regulator and the vaccination technical commission, "it is analysing and evaluating the conditions of operation/availability and equity in the management of the limited vaccine stock for the preventive vaccination approach".

According to the Directorate-General for Health, the most common symptoms of Monkeypox infection are fever, intense headache, muscle pain, back pain, tiredness, enlarged lymph nodes with the progressive appearance of rashes that reach the skin and the mucous membranes.