Explained: After global outbreak, monkeypox has now reached Delhi, this is what you need to know about the disease | Explained News,The Indian Express

The Delhi case is not imported — unlike the three cases in Kerala earlier, the patient has no history of international travel. This suggests local transmission of the virus. The WHO has sounded a global alert, but there is no need to panic yet.  

After three cases in Kerala, a case of monkeypox has been detected in Delhi. This is the fourth case of the disease in India — and crucially, this is the first case in which the patient has no history of international travel.

Who is this patient in Delhi?

It is a 31-year-old man from West Delhi who was admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital two days ago with a history of two weeks of fever and rashes. “We suspected that he had monkeypox and admitted him to our isolation ward. He has now tested positive for the infection. He is being given symptomatic treatment,” a hospital official said.

Where did he get the infection? 

The person did not travel out of India. But he travelled to Himachal Pradesh before he fell sick. All three earlier cases in India — all detected in Kerala — were in people with a history of international travel, and their infection is likely to have been imported. But the case in Delhi suggests local spread of the infection within India.

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