The Central government on Sunday held a high-level meeting as India’s monkeypox tally climbed after one more case was detected in Delhi. The government is worried because of the growing cases of monkeypox threats. As the monsoon season is considered to come with a number of diseases, this one will be a tough nut to crack. There might be fresh guidelines offered that everyone has to follow. Also, the government is again planning to take actions on social distancing and other things so that the growth can be contaminated.
Sources told news agency PTI that the review meeting was chaired by the Directorate General of Health Sciences (DGHS) and attended by officials from the Health ministry, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC,) and ICMR among others. The new patient to have tested positive for the monkeypox virus is presently recovering at a designated isolation centre at the Lok Nayak Hospital. According to the reports, the center-year-old had recently attended a stag party in Manali in Himachal Pradesh.
West Delhi areas to be sealed after the first case of the disease
A resident of West Delhi, the patient was isolated at the hospital around three days ago after he showed symptoms of the disease. A doctor at the hospital said that the patient came with a fever and had rashes on his body. His samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune on Saturday which came out positive, Union Health Ministry officials said.
People are getting worried from the monkeypox threats
The health ministry also said that the close contacts of the man who has tested positive for the monkeypox virus have been identified and are under quarantine. Union Health Secy, DGHS & Director NCDC conducted a meeting with joint monitoring group. Sources have told news agency ANI that states and UTs have been advised for close surveillance on the monkeypox cases in India. Delhi government has often advised contact tracing of the monkeypox case. Three cases of monkeypox had earlier been reported from Kerala.
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