The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) and the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), supervises the complete directives for the treatment and prevention of Monkeypox.
In the provisional council of all the States and territories of the Union recently, the ministry said that health establishments should maintain increased suspicion on people who “have an otherwise unexplained rash and who have traveled, during the 21 Last days, in a country that recently made cases confirmed or suspected of Monkeypox or report contact with a person or people with confirmed or presumed monkeypox. »»Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the MonkeyPox virus. He can spread animals to humans; And also between people. Symptoms include fever, intense headaches, muscle pain, back pain, low energy, swollen lymph nodes and rash or lesions.
According to the World Health Organization, rashes are generally starting within one to three days depending on the start of the fever. The lesions can be flat or slightly raised, filled with transparent or yellowish liquid, then can crust, dry and fall.The Center has ordered the States to report all suspicious cases to the manager of monitoring the integrated disease monitoring program.
The notice recommends sending laboratory samples composed of liquid vesicles, blood, expectorations, etc. at PUNE NIV for MonkeyPox tests in the event of suspicion. In the event that a positive case is detected, the tracing of the contacts must be initiated immediately to identify the patient’s contacts in the last 21 days, the opinion said.Depending on the advice, Monkeypox can be transmitted from animals to humans as well as from man to man. The virus penetrates the body through broken skin (even if it is not visible), respiratory tract or mucous membranes (eyes, nose or mouth). It is believed that human transmission to human occurs mainly by large respiratory droplets generally requiring prolonged close contact.
It can also be transmitted by direct contact with body fluids or lesion equipment, and indirect contact with lesion material, such as by contaminated clothes or sheets of an infected person.WHO Senior Epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove, in an online briefing Thursday, May 26, said cases had so far been detected in more than 20 non -endemic countries, adding that the agency expected to what the figures increase.“We expect more cases to be detected. We ask countries to increase surveillance … It is a contentable situation. It will be difficult, but it is a contentable situation in non -endemic countries. “”