India reports 10th monkeypox case, 5th in Delhi

India

oi-Prakash KL

New
Delhi,
Aug
13:
India
has
reported
its
10th
monkeypox
case
as
a
22-year-old
woman
tested
positive
on
Friday
in
Delhi.

Medical
Director
of
Lok
Nayak
Jai
Prakash
Narayan
Hospital
Dr
Suresh
Kumar
has
confirmed
that
the
5th
case
of
monkeypox
has
been
registered
in
Delhi
and
the
woman
is
currently
under
observation
in
the
hospital.

“One
patient
has
been
admitted
in
LNJP
and
her
sample
tested
positive,
at
present
4
patients
are
admitted
and
one
has
been
discharged.
Total
five
cases
of
Monkey
pox
has
been
reported
in
Delhi.
She
came
positive
yesterday.
Team
of
doctors
are
treating
her,”
ANI
quoted
Dr
Kumar
as
saying.

US
declares
monkeypox
a
public
health
emergency

As
per
Kumar,
the
patient
has
no
recent
travel
history,
but
had
travelled
one
month
ago.

The
first
case
in
Delhi
was
reported
on
July
24.
A
34-year-old
man
from
the
national
capital
with
no
history
of
foreign
travel
tested
positive
for
monkeypox
virus.

The
second
monkeypox
case
in
Delhi
was
reported
on
August
1.
A
35-year-old
Nigerian
man,
who
is
living
in
Delhi,
with
no
recent
history
of
foreign
travel
tested
positive
for
monkeypox.

Two
days
later,
a
31-year-old
Nigerian
woman
tested
positive
for
the
disease
in
Delhi.

Gujarat
reports
first
suspected
case
of
Monkeypox,
samples
of
29-year-old
sent
for
testing

The
first
case
of
monkeypox
in
India
was
reported
from
Kerala’s
Kollam
district
on
July
14.
According
to
the
World
Health
Organisation,
monkeypox
is
a
viral
zoonosis
(a
virus
transmitted
to
humans
from
animals),
with
symptoms
similar
to
those
seen
in
the
past
in
smallpox
patients,
although
it
is
clinically
less
severe.

Earlier,
the
Ministry
of
Health
and
Family
Welfare
(MoHfW)
released
a
list
of
do’s
and
don’ts
to
protect
oneself
from
catching
monkeypox.

The
health
ministry
has
recommended
measures
like
isolating
the
patient
and
wearing
face
masks
to
slow
the
spread
of
monkeypox.
It
also
said
that
anyone
can
catch
the
virus
if
they
have
had
prolonged
or
repeated
contact
with
an
infected
individual.

Dos
to
prevent
monkeypox
infection:

• Isolate
  infected
  patients
  from
  others

• Wash
  your
  hands
  with
  soap
  and
  water
  or
  use
  hand
  sanitizers

• When
  near
  infected
  individuals,
  wear
  masks
  and
  disposable
  gloves

• Use
  disinfectants
  for
  environmental
  sanitization

Don’ts
to
prevent
monkeypox
infection:

• Don’s
  share
  linen,
  bedding
  or
  towels
  with
  people
  who
  have
  contracted
  monkeypox

• Don’t
  wash
  soiled
  linen
  or
  laundry
  of
  infected
  persons
  with
  those
  of
  non-infected
  individuals

• Don’t
  attend
  public
  events
  if
  you
  exhibit
  symptoms
  of
  monkeypox

• Don’t
  stigmatize
  groups
  of
  people
  based
  on
  misinformation