The Kerala Health department has issued the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) with regard to the isolation, treatment and sample collection of suspected and probable cases of monkeypox which are reported to the healthcare facilities in the State.
All healthcare institutions in the State in the public and private sector are expected to follow the SOP strictly when dealing with monkeypox or cases with similar symptoms, Health Minister Veena George, said.
A person of any age having a history of travel to monkeypox-affected countries within the last 21 days and presenting with an unexplained acute rash and one of more of the symptoms ( enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache, bodyache, profound weakness) is defined as a ‘Suspected case” under the SOP.
