Monkeypox cases in India: Yesterday, Kerala confirmed that samples of a 22-year-old man, who died on July 30, tested positive, making him India's first monkeypox-related fatality.
Some patients are getting confused and misinterpret chickenpox with monkeypox. The patient may determine whether they have monkeypox or not by understanding the sequence and the onset of symptoms.
Monkeypox: The samples of the suspected man have been sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
Monkeypox India: A 35-year-old Nigerian man has been admitted to the Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital, the nodal hospital for treatment of the infection.
Kerala: The young man was moved on to a ventilator on July 28. Since he had passed away with symptoms like fever, the state government had launched an investigation into the matter.
Monkeypox: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has initiated a high-level inquiry into the death of the youth presenting with monkeypox-like symptoms.
Monkeypox typically manifests itself with fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes and may lead to a range of medical complications.
Monkeypox has been spreading rapidly. It can result in keloid scars. A Keloid scar is an enlarged, raised scar that is often pink, red skin-coloured or darker than the surrounding skin. There is a high chance of having permanent scarring from monkeypox.
Monkeypox: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 18,000 cases have been reported from 78 countries.
The state health minister also said that there were no studies available about this particular variant from other countries where the disease has been detected and thus, Kerala was carrying out a study on it.
The children, whose parents are labourers, had been ill for the past 12 days and were receiving treatment privately initially.
Suspected monkeypox death: In a bid to keep track of the spread of the disease the health department has called on those with whom he was in touch after his arrival in India from a middle eastern country to isolate and monitor them.
Monkeypox spread in India: The monkeypox outbreak has raised widespread fear for the LGBTQ community amid reports of the disease being traced among men having sex with men. Indian equal rights activist Harish Iyer said monkeypox doesn’t just spread in the LGBTQ community.
Monkeypox virus: Health Minister K Sudhakar told reporters that there was no need for people to panic as it is not a deadly disease.
Monkeypox news: The announcement on Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said as many as 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection.
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Monkeypox news: The person has seven primary contacts and 11 secondary contacts till July 27 at 8 pm.
Monkeypox virus news: As it was the first case of monkeypox in the country, tests were conducted twice at an interval of 72 hours as per the instructions of the National Institute of Virology (NIV).
Monkeypox news: The case was reported on Friday (July 29) in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeast Minas Gerais state, and the victim was a 41-year-old man.
Suspected Monkeypox case in Himachal Pradesh: The man, a resident of Baddi area, showed symptoms of the infection 21 days ago and he is currently recovering. He has been kept in isolation as a precautionary measure and surveillance is being done in the surrounding areas, the press statement added.
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