A 34 years old man from Delhi with no history of foreign travel has tested positive for Monkeypox.
He was isolated at Lok Nayak Hospital asa suspected case of Monkeypox. A confirmation of the diagnosis has been done by National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.
The case is presently recovering at the designated isolation centre at Lok Nayak Hospital. The close contacts of the case have been identified are under quarantine as per the MoHFW guidelines.
Further public health interventions like identification of the source of infection, enhanced contact tracing, testing sensitisation of private practitioners etc are being carried out. A high-level review of the situation has been planned by DGHS at 3 PM today.
Three cases of Monkeypox had earlier been reported from Kerala. Globally over 16,000 cases of Monkeypox has been reported from 75 countries and there have been five death so far
