22-year-old Kerala man dies of suspected Monkeypox, Govt orders probe
Thiruvananthapuram: A 22-year-old youth who reached Palakkad district of Kerala from a middle eastern country died on Sunday, suspected to be India's first monkeypox death.
The state health department has asked the district health officials to create a route map of his trip ever since he had landed in his hometown.
Sources in the health department told IANS that they were waiting for the report from the virology lab at Alappuzha to confirm the disease. If found positive, the swab samples would be sent to National Virology Lab, Pune for further testing. The state health minister's office will announce the result of the lab test.
The death of a man from Punnayur in Thrissur district of Kerala on Saturday could be the first case of a monkeypox casualty in India, the state's health minister, Veena George, told Business Standard.
The state government has constituted a high-level committee with members from the medical education department. "It has been asked to submit a detailed report as death due to monkeypox is unlikely," she added.
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