The capital of India has confirmed its first case of monkeypox after a patient was admitted to Maulana Azad Medical College.
The Health Ministry confirmed that it was a case of ‘monkeypox’ and with the tension not calming for the COVID-19 cases, monkeypox’s varying virus might trouble the Indians more.
The patient who was confirmed to have been affected in monkeypox has no sign of travelling history, which means that there are high chances of others being infected. The 31-year old was admitted due to fever and skin lesions.
WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus elaborated on the virus, which has now reached 75 countries and has been linked to more than 17,000 cases worldwide, saying that there is a “clear risk of further international spread” even though the risk of interfering with global traffic is still “low at the moment.”
So in short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the International Health Regulations,” Ghebreyesus added, while speaking at the UN health agency’s press briefing.
Kerala reported this month’s first case of monkeypox in India, prompting the Center to send a multidisciplinary team there right once to stop the spread. Up to 15 research diagnostic laboratories around the nation have received training from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the early detection of the virus.