A 35-year-old man from Kerala’s Mallapuram tested positive for monkeypox on Friday, July 22. This is the third confirmed case of the disease in India.
Kerala health minister Veena George said that he returned from UAE on July 6 and was admitted with fever to Manjerry Medical College Hospital on July 13. From July 15 he began showing symptoms, she said. George added that his family and close contacts are under observation.
Four days ago, a Kannur man also tested positive for monkeypox. The patient had returned from Dubai and was admitted to Pariyaram medical college hospital after he exhibited symptoms.
His samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, and they tested positive for the virus.
Meanwhile, the first monkeypox patient who had arrived from Sharjah, is recuperating well at the Thiruvananthapuram medical college.
The Union health ministry has sent a multi-disciplinary team to support the Kerala government in investigating outbreak and institute requisite public health measures.
After the Wuhan virus, also known as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) the monkeypox disease is also likely to spread in India and needed precaution.
Monkeypox infection, which outbroke in 2022, is spreading rapidly across the world. Approximately 23 countries, including India, are affected by the sudden spread of this disease.
On the 30th of May, Monday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed monkeypox virus’ spread to 23 nonendemic countries with over 257 cases and around 120 suspected cases.
Although experts suggested that the infection would not turn into another pandemic, there are many unknown facts about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and its transmission. A health expert Dr. Rosamund Lewis said, “It’s very important to describe this because it appears to be an increase in a mode of transmission that may have been under-recognized in the past.”
The first human case of monkeypox, a simulation of smallpox was reported in 1970.
Common Symptoms of Monkeypox:
- Headache
- Acute onset of fever (>38.5oC),
- Lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes)
- Myalgia (muscle and body aches)
- Back pain
- Asthenia (profound weakness)
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