Delhi reports 1st Monkeypox case: Here’s what you need to know about the virus
The first case of monkeypox was reported in Delhi on Sunday (July 24). The Health Ministry has confirmed that a 34-year-old man with no travel history was admitted to Maulana Azad Medical College with fever and skin lesions. This is the fourth case of this disease that has been reported in India. The patient had attended a stag party recently in Manali (Himachal Pradesh). His samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune on 23 July which came out positive. “Contact tracing process has been started,” according to reports.
Monkeypox
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease with symptoms similar to smallpox, although with less clinical severity. Human-to-human transmission is known to occur primarily through large respiratory droplets, usually requiring prolonged close contact. It can also be transmitted through direct contact with body fluids or wound material, and indirect contact with wound material, such as through contaminated clothing or linens of an infected person.
- Disease: Human monkeypox
- Virus strain: Monkeypox virus (MPV), West African clade, 2017–2019 outbreak subclade
- Source: Travel from Nigeria (presumed/hypothesis)
- First outbreak: London, England (first outside West Africa)
- Confirmed cases: 17,233
- Suspected cases: 294
- Deaths: 5 (all in non-endemic African countries)
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday (24 July) called on countries in the Southeast Asia region to strengthen surveillance and public health measures for monkeypox, declaring the disease a public health emergency of international concern. Globally, more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 75 countries and the outbreak has resulted in five deaths. Apart from India, one case has been reported from Thailand in the WHO South-East Asia region.
Three cases of monkeypox have previously been reported in Kerala, and all three patients are being monitored by medical professionals. With the first case of Monkeypox in Delhi, India has now a total of four laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox. Monkeypox virus is transmitted from infected animals to humans through indirect or direct contact. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with infectious skin or wounds, including face-to-face, skin-to-skin, and respiratory droplets.
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