Second case of monkeypox reported in Kerala, infection confirmed in a 29-year-old man who returned from UAE
Monkeypox in Kerala: According to Kerala Health Minister Veena George, a 29-year-old male who returned from the United Arab Emirates tested positive for the illness in Ernakulam on Friday, marking the state’s second instance of monkeypox (Mpox).
He experienced symptoms when he had just flown into the state from overseas. George informed reporters that he was taken to a private hospital in Kochi and was doing well.
It follows the announcement on September 18 by the state health department that a 38-year-old Malappuram man who had also returned from the United Arab Emirates had tested positive for the illness, marking the state’s first incidence of Mpox.
Health officials confirmed that the 38-year-old man was diagnosed with ‘clade 1b’, a highly transmissible strain of Mpox that is currently linked to the outbreak in Africa and other countries. He was admitted to the Government Medical Hospital in Manjery for medical treatment, and he is currently stable, according to the officials.
In August, the World Health Organization (WHO) deemed the illness, which is brought on by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), a public health emergency in Africa.
According to the UN organization, the virus that causes monkeypox is an enclosed double-stranded DNA virus belonging to two different clades within the Orthopoxvirus genus.
The ‘clade 1b’ worldwide pandemic, which started in 2022, is still going strong today. People may get the virus from one another, particularly if they are in close proximity. Headache, fever, sore throat, muscular pains, and enlarged lymph nodes are among the disease’s typical symptoms.
