Fourth patient of monkeypox found in Delhi, Nigerian woman found positive

The threat of monkeypox is increasing in the country. The fourth case of monkeypox virus infection was registered in Delhi on Wednesday. A 31-year-old Nigerian woman has been found infected with the disease. The officials gave this information. With this latest case, the number of monkeypox infection cases in the country has reached 9. She is the first woman found infected with the monkeypox virus in the country. Sources said, this woman has fever and body rashes and has been admitted to Loknayak Jaiprakash Hospital (LNJP). Its sample was sent for test, the result of which has come ‘positive’ on Wednesday.

Sources said that the travel history of this woman is not yet known. The first patient of monkeypox in Delhi was discharged from LNJP Hospital on Monday. To deal with monkeypox, 70 isolation rooms have been set up in six hospitals in Delhi. Of these, 20 rooms have been set up at Loknayak Jai Prakash (LNNJP) Hospital, the nodal center for treating monkeypox patients and suspected patients, while 10 rooms each have been set up in the other five hospitals, officials said.

These five hospitals include Delhi government-run GTB Hospital and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital and three private hospitals- Kailash Deepak Hospital, MD City Hospital and Batra Hospital, Tughlakabad. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s office said on Tuesday that Delhi The health of the residents is “the top priority of the Kejriwal government.” Sisodia was quoted as saying in the statement, “The Delhi government is monitoring the entire situation related to the infection of monkeypox and all preparations have been made to deal with it. Is. In view of the current situation, isolation rooms have been made in three government and three private hospitals.

World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has termed the outbreak of Monkeypox as an eye-opener. He told that the smallpox vaccination program has been stopped since 1979-80. The outbreak of Umanypox has been “sleep-wake” for us as we need to prepare ourselves for the deadly outbreak at all times.