New Delhi: Monkeypox remains a matter of concern for the world at this time, although it has come to the relief of the people of India that the strain of monkeypox virus found in India is not a super spreader. This information has come out from genome sequencing of two monkeypox infected. During the investigation, A.2 clade of the virus was found in both the patients resident of Kerala. According to scientists, there is no evidence that the monkeypox virus is a super spreader of the A.2 clade. Let us tell you that in the year 2021, the A.2 clade of monkeypox virus was found in Florida, Thailand, and Vietnam. According to scientists, the situation in India is completely different from Europe or America. According to scientists, both the people of Kerala have been infected due to some coincidence. Monkeypox virus has reached other countries long before Europe.
A task force will be formed on monkeypox, which will provide advice and guidance to the central government related to increasing the diagnostic and treatment facilities for this disease and its vaccination. Official sources gave this information on Thursday. So far, four cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in India. Of these, three cases have been confirmed in Kerala while one case has been confirmed in Delhi. The National AIDS Control Organization and the Directorate General of Health Services have been asked to work out a sensitive strategy for the detection and management of monkeypox infection cases within a stipulated time. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox is a viral zoonosis – a virus that spreads from animals to humans. Its symptoms are similar to chickenpox, although clinically it is less severe.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) advised on Wednesday that men who are at risk of contracting monkeypox should consider limiting the number of sexual partners “for the time being”. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that since the outbreak of monkeypox began in May, 98 percent of the people infected with it are ‘gay’, ‘bisexual’, and other men who have physical relations with men. He has appealed to the people who come into the danger zone to take steps to protect themselves.
