NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday reported its first case of Monkeypox. With this, the country’s Monkeypox caseload has risen to four.
According to official sources, the man (in his 30s) who tested positive has no history of foreign travel. The infected person had attended a stag party recently in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, they added.
He was admitted to the Maulana Azad Medical College Hospital around three days ago after he showed symptoms of Monkeypox.
His samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune on Saturday which came out positive, the sources said. “Contact tracing process has been initiated,” they added.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, confirming the case, said that a separate isolation ward has been made at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital and there is not need to panic.
The first case of Monkeypox was detected in Delhi. The patient is stable and recovering.There’s no need to panic.…
The previous three cases were reported from Kerala. While one of the them had returned from UAE, the other two had travelled from Dubai.
Monkeypox virus is transmitted from infected animals to humans via indirect or direct contact. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with infectious skin or lesions, including face-to-face, skin-to-skin, and respiratory droplets
