Kerala health minister Veena George confirmed that the state has reported a third case of monkeypox in Malappuram. The 35-year-old person had come from UAE on July 6. He had a fever from July 13 and developed symptoms on July 15. He is at present admitted to Manjeri Medical College Hospital. The state health department has asked those who have come into contact with this person to go into isolation. The district health administration of Malappuram has begun the contact tracing and all the samples of the people on the primary list will be sent for testing. This comes days after a 31-year-old man from Kannur tested positive for monkeypox on Monday. A 31-year-old man who arrived in Kerala last week from Dubai has tested positive for monkeypox; making it the second case in Kerala and India this year.
The first case of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, was reported from the Kollam district of south Kerala on July 14.
The first case of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, was reported in the Kollam district of south Kerala on July 14. He is currently undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Union health ministry officials said in New Delhi that the patient in Kannur had landed at the Mangalore airport in Karnataka from Dubai on July 13.