Following the report on Thursday of India's first monkeypox case, a traveller from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who arrived in Kerala three days ago testing positive for the viral disease, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released guidelines for the management of Monkeypox disease on Friday.
Listing out points, the ministry recommended that the general public avoid contact with sick people (monkeypox-affected person or an area with the affected persons) and dead or wild animals (rodents, monkeys). The general public has also been advised to visit the nearest health facility if incase they contract the disease.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday informed about 15 Virus Research & Diagnostic Laboratories across the country on a micro-blogging website.
"To help country's preparedness for Monkey Pox detection, 15 Virus Research & Diagnostic Laboratories across the country, which are geographically well distributed & strategically located, have already been trained in the diagnostic test by ICMR-NIV, Pune," tweeted the ICMR.
Union Health Ministry rushed a high-level multi disciplinary team to Kerala to collaborate with the state health authorities in instituting public health measures in view of the confirmed case of monkeypox in Kollam district of Kerala.
.png)
0 Comments