- By Mayukh Debnath
- Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:18 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
India Mpox Cases: Another Mpox (Monkeypox) case has been detected in Kerala, the Health Department informed on Friday. This is the second case of Mpox reported by southern state this year. Kerala Health Minister Veena George said efforts were underway to conduct contact tracing, according to news agency PTI.
She urged people arriving in the state from outside India to approach the health department in case of any symptoms and seek treatment. "Isolation facilities have been arranged in all the districts," the minister said in a statement cited by PTI.
Earlier this week, official sources had confirmed the first case of the new clade 1b strain, which has raised concerns around the globe, in a 38-year-old man. The patient was being treated in Kerala's Malappuram district. He had been put under isolation after developing symptoms of the viral infection following his return from the UAE.
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Prior to that, a 26-year-old resident of Haryana's Hisar tested positive for Mpox. The patient, a man who had reportedly returned from western Africa, was admitted to Delhi's state-run LNJP Hospital. He was put under isolation and was later said to be stable. Usually mild, Mpox is fatal in rare cases. It causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions on the body.
The current outbreak of Mpox emanated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Thursday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released an advisory for all states and union territories after India became the third non-African country to report a case of clade 1b Mpox infection. In its advisory, the Centre directed that all suspected Mpox cases be isolated and strict infection prevention and control measures be put in place.
(With inputs from agencies)