HYDERABAD: The primary suspected case of monkeypox within the state was reported in Kamareddy on Sunday. The affected person, who had returned from Kuwait earlier this month, was shifted to the monkeypox isolation ward on the Fever Hospital in Nallakunta and examined on Sunday night. None of his six contacts confirmed any signs, an official mentioned.
Director of public well being (DPH) Dr G. Srinivasa Rao, in a launch, acknowledged that the affected person, a 40-year-old man from Indiranagar Colony, Kamareddy district, arrived from Kuwait on July 6 and had developed fever on July 20. He developed rashes on July 23 and visited a non-public hospital in Kamareddy the following morning. The physician recognized signs of monkeypox and referred him to the Kamareddy district hospital.
The affected person was then despatched to Fever Hospital in an ambulance. The DPH mentioned samples collected from the affected person can be despatched to the Nationwide Institute of Virology in Pune. Till then, he can be stored in isolation within the Fever Hospital and supplied therapy. Officers recognized six individuals who had direct contact with this particular person. None of them had any signs. Nonetheless, they’ve been remoted. The DPH suggested individuals to not fear about monkeypox and it was not a deadly illness.
There are two isolation wards at Fever Hospital — one for males and one other for females – with a complete of 36 beds.
On Sunday, India’s fourth confirmed case of monkeypox was detected in New Delhi. Earlier than this, three instances have been confirmed in Kerala. As per instructions issued by the Union ministry of well being and household welfare, all airports, together with the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Airport, Hyderabad, arrange thermal screening since Might 20.
