Suspected patient of monkeypox in India: symptoms found in youth who returned to Kolkata from Europe, admitted to isolation ward, report will come soon

The first suspected patient of monkeypox was found in Kolkata, West Bengal on Friday. Health officials say that the youth has recently returned to India from a European country. After seeing the initial symptoms, it is feared that this may be the first case of monkeypox in India. However, it has not been announced officially.

rash on the body of the young man

The Health Department says that the youth is a resident of West Midnapore. After showing raised rash and other symptoms on his body, he was admitted to the isolation ward of the private hospital. The patient’s blood samples and granulated fluid samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for examination. Now the situation will be clear only after the test report comes.

Family also alerted

At present, the family of the youth has also been alerted. Along with this, he has also been asked to remain in isolation till the investigation report comes. Officials say that since the student returned from Europe, they are not taking any risk.

Suspected patient found before

In early June, a 5-year-old girl in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh was found to have symptoms like monkeypox, after which she was admitted to a local hospital. However, later the test report of the girl came negative, that is, she was not infected with monkeypox.

Monkeypox cases in the world cross 9,000

Monkeypox infection is spreading rapidly around the world. According to data from Monkeypoxmeter.com, so far 9,109 patients have been confirmed in 71 countries. Of these, Europe has the highest number of 7,551 people who have been affected by monkeypox. At the same time, the top 10 countries affected by the disease include Britain, Spain, America, Germany, France, Portugal, Canada, Netherlands, Italy and Belgium.