India also became victim of monkeypox! The first patient was kept in isolation

The first patient of monkeypox has been found in India. The Union Health Ministry confirmed this on Monday. This is the same person who recently returned from a country with a monkeypox outbreak and who was identified as a suspected case of the disease on Sunday. The patient is currently kept in isolation. Samples were collected from the person and after testing it has now been confirmed that he is infected with monkeypox. Last month, for the second time last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Was declared because it has spread to many parts of Africa. Since WHO declared PHEIC in 2022, 30 cases of the disease have been reported in India. The last case infected with it was reported in March this year. According to an earlier statement by the World Health Organization, since 2022, 99,176 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 116 countries, out of which 208 people have died. Last year the number of infected people had increased significantly. The number of cases reported so far this year has exceeded the total number of last year.