A 34-year-old man from the nationwide capital with no historical past of international journey has examined optimistic for the monkeypox virus, the Union Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare mentioned in a press release on Sunday. That is the fourth case of the illness being reported in India. Three circumstances of monkeypox had earlier been reported from Kerala.
The person had attended a stag social gathering just lately in Manali in Himachal Pradesh, official sources informed PTI. A resident of West Delhi, the person was admitted to the Maulana Azad Medical Faculty Hospital right here round three days in the past after he confirmed signs of monkeypox. The shut contacts of the case have been recognized and are underneath quarantine as per the MoHFW tips.
His samples have been despatched to the Nationwide Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune on Saturday which got here out optimistic, the sources mentioned.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted {that a} group is working to stop the unfold.
“Additional public well being interventions like identification of the supply of an infection, enhanced contact tracing, testing sensitisation of personal practitioners and so on are being carried out,” the Union Well being Ministry mentioned in its assertion.
A high-level assessment of the scenario has been deliberate by DGHS at 3 PM immediately.
The WHO had on Saturday declared monkeypox a world public well being emergency of worldwide concern. Globally, over 16,000 circumstances of monkeypox have been reported from 75 international locations and there have been 5 deaths to date as a result of outbreak.
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