India’s monkeypox cases reached to eight with two more cases being confirmed - one in Kerala and the other in Delhi. The case in Kerala is of a 30-year old who returned last week from UAE. The state’s monkeypox cases have now touched five. All of them have a history of travel to UAE. A senior official from the health ministry said the government has written to the UAE officials to intensify screening and ensure that people exhibiting symptoms of monkeypox are not allowed to board flights.
After Kerala, Delhi has the highest number of monkeypox cases in India. The latest confirmed case in Delhi is a 30-year-old Nigerian with no current history of travel, officials said. “The Nigerian national was in contact with another Nigerian national who was confirmed positive for monkeypox”, said an official. Delhi’s tally of monkeypox is three at present, he added.
