Second Mpox case confirmed in India, man from UAE diagnosed with virus
George had on Tuesday said that the man on noticing the symptoms had taken precautionary measures by isolating himself from his family and was currently hospitalised in the Manjeri Medical College.
New Delhi: India on Wednesday reported the 2d monkeypox (Mpox) virus from somebody who had recently returned to Kerala from the UAE, Kerala Health Minister Veena George informed. The man showed symptoms of the disease after which a sample was taken and sent for trying out.
The minister requested people, including those coming from overseas with any symptoms, to inform them and are attempting to locate treatment on the earliest. George on Tuesday said that the man, on noticing the symptoms, had taken precautionary measures by setting apart himself from his family and was currently hospitalised within the Manjeri Medical College here.
The man’s samples were sent for trying out and the consequences confirmed positive on Wednesday.
Mpox infections are normally self-limiting, lasting between two and four weeks, and its patients normally recuperate with supportive medical care and management. It truly is a ways transmitted through prolonged and shut contact with an infected patient.
It most often manifests itself with fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes and will bring about a range of medical complications.
(With inputs from PTI)
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