“The district-level surveillance units have been directed to step up surveillance. Guidelines have also been issued on how samples should be collected and sent. The samples will be sent to the RMRC,” said State Public Health Director Dr Niranjan Mishra.
State health minister Naba Kishore Das has written to union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya in this regard.
Poonawalla has reportedly briefed the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on the issue in a meeting.
While one positive patient for monkeypox has fully recovered and discharged, three others are convalescing in a hospital where their condition is stated to be stable.
The foreign national was admitted two days ago to the LNJP hospital which has been designated by the government as the nodal hospital for treatment of the infection.
At the time, five monkeypox-related deaths were reported from Africa.
A day after the death of a 22-year-old youth suspected due to Monkeypox infection, the Centre on Sunday formed a task force to monitor and provide guidance to the government including exploring vaccination options in fight against the viral disease.
"Even AIDS was called a gay-related disorder because it was believed to spread in gays only. But even heterosexuals can have multiple partners.
The testing will begin after getting permission, informed RMRC director Sanghamitra Pati.
The declaration will allow the health department to issue emergency orders under the city health code and amend code provisions to help slow the spread.
Notably, Odisha, on Saturday, hold a high-level meeting to chalk out plans to curb the possible outbreak of the virus in the State. According to sources, the State government is likely to issue a new SOP and launch awareness drive soon.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday announced that the country's first ever monkeypox patient has fully recovered and will be discharged later in the day.
In order to deal with the situation, Odisha government has already decided to keep a tab on foreign returnees as part of its measures to contain its spread.
The WHO has issued several advisory for people to reduce the transmission of the virus from suggesting gay men at risk to reduce sexual partners to people with symptoms to adopt social distancing. Small children, pregnant women are also are greater risk due to the disease.
The case was reported on Friday in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeast Minas Gerais state, and the victim was a 41-year-old man, who was undergoing treatment for other serious clinical conditions, including cancer, and whose health deteriorated after getting infected
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