Kerala Reports First Case of Monkey Pox in India; Center Sends High-Level Team
Kerala Health Minister Veena George said he arrived at Thiruvananthapuram airport and is following all WHO procedures.
A guy who returned from the UAE tested positive for monkeypox in Kerala, according to state Health Minister Veena George. He arrived at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Tuesday and is “very stable, with all vitals normal,” she added.
The federal government has dispatched a team to help the state, which includes specialists from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
All of the necessary actions are being performed, and the patient is stable “The state minister informed news agency ANI that no additional information about the patient was available. She stated that his major contacts have been identified, which include his father, mother, a cab driver, an auto driver, and 11 other passengers from neighbouring seats. She had previously stated that “a individual who returned from overseas” had been brought to a hospital with monkeypox symptoms. The National Institute of Virology got his sample.
Earlier in the day, the federal government issued a warning to states to take safeguards. Concerned about cases in Europe and North America – monkeypox is seldom recorded outside of Africa — the ministry released instructions on isolation and contact tracing in May.
A Monkey Pox positive case is reported. He is a traveller from UAE. He reached the state on 12th July. He reached Trivandrum airport and all the steps are being taken as per the guidelines issued by WHO and ICMR: Kerala Health Minister Veena George pic.twitter.com/oufNR7usLN
— ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2022
The virus produces fever as well as characteristic bumpy rashes. Although this is normally controllable, one of two strains is more harmful. Up to 10% of patients die as a result of the Congo strain. The West African strain is gentler, with only a 1% death rate.
It was discovered in monkeys for the first time in 1958, thus the name. Rodents are now consideration to be the most important source of spread. It spreads by intimate contact with animals and, less frequently, people.
Scientists were startled two months ago when a few instances of monkeypox, which seldom occurs outside of Africa’s western and central areas, were reported or suspected in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Spain.
It also raises the ire of virologists since it is related to smallpox. Smallpox immunisation eliminated the disease in 1980, and the injection has since been phased out. However, because that vaccine effectively protects against monkeypox, doctors believe that a reduction in immunisation may be to blame for new instances.
