Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Aug 13: A 22-year-old African woman has tested positive for Monkeypox and has been identified as Delhi’s fifth case, according to government sources on Saturday. A month prior, the woman had travelled to Nigeria. This brings the total number of monkeypox cases in India to ten.
Her reports, which confirmed that she was positive, were released on Friday night after she was brought to LNJP Hospital two days prior. She is the second woman to develop the virus in the national capital.
Monkeypox has caused the admission of four patients, including two women, to the LNJP Hospital, and the release of one patient.
The Union health ministry issued a list of dos and don’ts to prevent monkeypox in response to the country’s escalating monkeypox cases. It further emphasised that anyone can contract the virus if they come into touch with an infected person repeatedly or for an extended period of time.
The ministry recommended using hand sanitisers, washing hands with soap and water, covering mouths with masks, putting disposable gloves on hands when near patients, and using disinfectants to sanitise the surrounding area in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
