India's First Monkeypox Case Found In Kerala
According to WHO Monkeypox has been found in about 50 countries. In the latest update India’s first case of Monekypox has been found in Kerala.
There is a virus found in Africa called Monkeypox. The virus was first found in monkeys in 1958, hence the name - Monkeypox. The first human case of monkeypox was reported in 1970. There are 2 types of strain (genes) of the virus. 1) The Congo Strain - it is more severe and can cause death in upto 10 percent of the patients. 2) The West African Strain is milder, with a death rate of around 1 percent. Monkeypox rarely occurred outside Africa. But a few months ago, scientists were alarmed after a few cases of monkeypox were reported in the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain and other countries. The virus causes fever symptoms along with bumpy rashes. ISH News had released a video about Monkeypox. You can check it out here.
https://ish.news/yt-22-05-2022_3
The virus has spread to the UK and other countries as well. ISH released a video about it. You can check it here https://ish.news/yt-24-05-2022_3 According to WHO Monkeypox has been found in about 50 countries. However till now not a single case was reported from India. But now in an update, Kerala Health Minister Veena George on 14th July 2022 said that a man who landed from the UAE and had shown symptoms of Monekypox was admitted in the hospital. He was in close contact with a monkeypox patient abroad. His samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology. They then confirmed that the man has tested positive for monkeypox. and is quite stable, with all vitals normal. She did not share any more details about the patient. However, she said the patient’s primary contacts have been identified — his father, mother, a taxi driver, an auto driver, and 11 fellow passengers from adjacent seats. The central government has sent a team, which has experts from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to assist the state. The Central Government also wrote to states to take precautions. The government had in May 2022 issued guidelines about surveillance, testing, isolation and contact-tracing.
