Tribune News Service
Naina Mishra
Chandigarh, 24 May
Amid growing concerns about the spread of monkeypox around the world, the PGI has been told to “watch” these cases.
No smallpox has been reported from India, but with new cases detected in several countries, the chances of the disease spreading to India cannot be ruled out. Cases reported worldwide are due to both local transmission and travel to African countries.
As a proactive approach, the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Ministry of Family Health and Welfare, has identified several public health actions that will be initiated in case suspicious cases are reported from India. .
A warning from the NCDC has called on public health authorities to increase the suspicion of people with an unexplained rash and those who have traveled for the past 21 days to a country that has recently reported cases of confirmed or suspicious smallpox. Recently, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has designated a 20-bed room to isolate smallpox cases from monkeys.
Dr. Vivek Lal, director of the PGI, said: “We will follow the advice of the Government of India in this regard regarding the reservation of exclusive beds for the disease. So far, we have been told close by surveillance “.
Laboratory samples of suspected cases of monkeypox virus consisting of blood fluids, vesicles, and blood should be sent to the Pune National Institute of Virology.
Dr. Arunaloke Chakraborty, former head of Microbiology, PGI, said: It has been 50 years since smallpox was treated as a disease, and now doctors have no first-hand experience of it. The rise in temperature is allowing the virus to adapt to a higher temperature, and in the future we may notice outbreaks that affect humans. The spread of the disease in India cannot be ruled out. the way people travel and keep in touch. “
“We should be able to provide adequate training to doctors who would follow up on these cases and should not spread panic among the public,” Dr. Chakraborty said.
Human-to-human transmission is thought to occur primarily through large respiratory droplets that generally require prolonged close contact. It can also be transmitted through direct contact with body fluids or injury material, and indirect contact with injury material, such as through contaminated clothing or sheets from an infected person.
The clinical presentation of monkeypox is similar to that of smallpox, an orthopoxvirus-related infection that was declared eradicated worldwide in 1980. Smallpox is less contagious than smallpox and causes less disease. serious.
Yashpal Garg, UT health secretary, said the administration would take appropriate action at the right time. So far no one was able to send in the perfect solution, which is not strange.
About the disease
Smallpox is a viral zoonotic disease that occurs mainly in the rainforests of Central and West Africa and is occasionally exported to other regions.
Fever | Eruption | Inflammation of the lymph nodes can cause a number of medical complications
- Symptoms lasting two to four weeks. Serious cases can occur. Mortality rate can range from 1 to 10%
- The incubation period is usually seven to 14 days, but can range from five to 21 days and the person is not usually contagious during this period.
- An infected person can transmit the disease one to two days before the rash appears and remain contagious until all the scabs fall off.
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We will collect and send samples to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, if there are any suspicious cases – Prof Mini P Singh, Department of Virology, PGI
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