A second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Kerala in a 31-year-old man who reached Kannur from Dubai, via Mangalore, on July 13.
State Health Minister Veena George confirmed on Monday that one person had been isolated for treatment at the Pariyaram Medical College Hospital, Kannur, as he seemed to have typical symptoms of monkeypox and that the samples had been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, for confirmation.
The patient is in good health and his close contacts have been brought into the Health department’s surveillance network for the next 21 days.
