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Delhi reports second Monkeypox case, Nigerian man with no travel history i
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): A 35-year-old Nigerian man living in the national capital, with no recent international travel history, tests positive for monkeypox, said official sources on Monday.
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Kerala Health Minister confirms India's first monkeypox death
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 1 (ANI): State Health Minister Veena George on Monday confirmed that the test reports of a 22-year-old person with monkeypox symptoms who died on July 30 were found to be positive for the viral zoonotic infection.
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K'taka CM convenes meeting to discuss spread of Monkeypox after state repo
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 1 (ANI): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday convened a meeting to discuss the spread of Monkeypox in the state after an Ethiopian national with symptoms of monkeypox was identified and quarantined in a private hospital in Bengaluru on Saturday.
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Karnataka CM to chair meeting to discuss measures to tackle Monkeypox, cro
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 1 (ANI): Amid rising concerns over the Monkeypox cases in the country and crops losses owing to heavy rainfall in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday informed that he will chair two meetings on Tuesday to discuss about the matt
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WHO dispels hoax on monkeypox link with gay sex
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 1 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated in its public health advisory for gays and men who have sex with men that the risk of monkeypox is not just limited to them after WHO's earlier statement triggered a hoax that might have demonised the LGBTQ comm
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Kerala: 20 people quarantined in Thrissur after youth with Monkeypox-like
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Punnayur (Kerala) [India], August 1 (ANI): Twenty people were quarantined in Kerala's Thrissur, following the death of one person with Monkeypox-like symptoms in the state, officials said on Monday.
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Centre forms task force to monitor Monkeypox situation in India
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): Centre has formed a task force in the wake of Monkeypox cases in India to monitor and provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic facilities and to explore vaccination for the infection in the country.
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One youth dies with Monkeypox-like symptoms, Kerala health dept initiates
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], July 31 (ANI): State Health Minister Veena George initiated a high-level inquiry into the death of a youth, presenting with monkeypox-like symptoms. The youth hailed from Chavakkad Kuranjiyur in Thrissur district & tested positive in a foreign country.
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Bengaluru: Ethiopian citizen suspected of monkeypox, turns out to be case
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 31 (ANI): An Ethiopian citizen, who was suspected to have Monkeypox at the Bengaluru airport, has been identified as a confirmed case of Chickenpox instead.
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Odisha Health Minister holds review meeting on Monkeypox, says keeping an
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 31 (ANI): Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das on Saturday held a review meeting on Monkeypox with senior officials and said that the state is taking all necessary steps in view of the virus while also keeping an eye on the situation in the country.
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8-year-old boy reports monkeypox symptoms in Andhra's Guntur
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 30 (ANI): An 8-year-old boy in Guntur reported monkeypox symptoms, said officials on Saturday.
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Government ready, alert against monkeypox, says expert
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns over monkeypox, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday said the governmnet is ready and alert against the viral disease.
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