New Delhi: Kerala on Tuesday reported another case of Monkeypox, taking the total tally to 5. This was confirmed by State Health Minister Veena George.
He had reached Kozhikode airport on July 27 from the UAE and was undergoing treatment at the Manjeri Medical College in Malappuram, the minister said.
Twenty people have been quarantined in the state’s Thrissur district following the death of one person with Monkeypox-like symptoms, officials said on Monday.
The officials also confirmed that the victim had come in contact with “only 10 people” including family members and friends.
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the same family of viruses that causes smallpox.
