Page 5 - Monkeypox India News Today

Priyanka, a resident of Noida, was convinced that she had contracted monkeypox after she discovered red bumps and spots on her leg. The 28-year-old marketing executive said within a day other parts of her body also had spots.

The monkeypox virus mainly spreads through skin-on-skin contact, but it can also transmit through touching linens used by someone with the infection.

A 34-year-old man from Delhi with no history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox, taking Indias tally of cases to four and prompting the Centre to hold a high-level review meeting, the government said on Sunday.

Scientists advising the World Health Organization (WHO) on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks, raising concerns that it will take several months for the outbreak to peak.

Monkeypox spreads by close contact, skin-to-skin contact, and droplet infection. So, one has to be careful about all these factors. Here are 10 quick facts about this infectious disease one must be aware of.

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.

India has reported four confirmed cases of monkeypox with the latest one reported in Delhi - a 34-year-old with no international travel history.

Suspected monkeypox case reported from UP; samples sent for further testing

At present, the global outbreak is concentrated among men who have sex with men. Experts, however, caution against stigma, noting that it would impede the process of containing the disease.

The first suspected case of monkeypox in Telangana was identified in the Kamareddy district on Sunday. The patient returned from Kuwait on July 6.