First case of monkeypox variant, WHO called 'emergency'...
The first case of monkeypox has been found in India. It is being told that this case was found in Malappuram, kerala last week. Monkeypox has been confirmed after investigation. The person in whom the monkeypox case has been confirmed is 38 years old and his travel history has been found to be of UAE. According to information received from sources in the Ministry of health, the ampox clad 1 variant has been confirmed in the person. This is the first case of this variant in India. This clad has been declared a world health emergency by WHO. It is being told that the person has been admitted in the hospital for a week. He has been kept in isolation and is undergoing treatment.
The patient's condition is stable
Sources said that the patient's condition is stable. He said, this was the first case of this variant. Due to this variant, the World health Organization had declared ampox a public health emergency for the second time last month. Earlier, a case of ampox found in delhi was of a 26-year-old man from Hisar, Haryana, who was found infected with the West African 'Clade 2' variant earlier this month. Since the WHO declared ampox a 'public health emergency of international concern' from 2022, 30 cases of it have been reported in India.
First ampox patient discharged
On the other hand, an ampox patient admitted to Delhi's Lok nayak Jayaprakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital earlier this month has been discharged. Hospital officials confirmed this. The patient was discharged on Saturday. The 26-year-old patient from Hisar, Haryana, was admitted to the hospital for about 12 days in the disaster ward made for ampox cases. The patient was admitted to the hospital on september 8 and doctors confirmed the disease in him on september 9. A hospital official confirmed that the only ampox patient was discharged on september 21. The hospital has 20 wards of which 10 are for suspected cases of ampox and the rest for patients with confirmed cases of ampox.
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