Patna: The Bihar Health Department detected a suspected case of monkeypox in Patna’s Gurhatta locality Tuesday.
The victim is a woman and a team of health officials has collected her samples for testing.
According to an official, the woman has all symptoms of monkeypox and is currently under home isolation.
“We have taken the samples of the patient and sent them for testing. She is under home isolation now and a team is monitoring her health,” he said.
Previously, one case of monkeypox had been detected in Delhi and three in Kerala. Therefore, Bihar’s Health Department is on high alert and has asked medical and nursing staff, ANMs (auxiliary nurses and midwives), and Asha workers to be prepared.
The nurses, midwives and Asha workers were specially asked to keep a tab on high-density areas and inform the department as soon as symptoms of the disease are detected in any patient.
The World Health Organisation has declared monkeypox a global health emergency after over 16,000 cases of infection appeared across 65 countries.
Monkeypox is either transmitted from animals to humans or from human to human. The virus generally enters the human body through the mouth, nose, eyes and skin lesions of an infected person.
IANS