Suspected monkeypox case in Karnataka

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, July 31, 2022: According to the Karnataka health department, a resident of Ethiopia showing symptoms of monkeypox has been quarantined at a private hospital. Reports are awaiting after his samples were forwarded to the laboratory of the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute for confirmation.

As per a statement from Karnataka Health Commissioner D Randeep, the Ethiopian national is a chronic kidney disease (CKD) patient who travelled to Bengaluru from Addis Ababa on July 4, 2022, for a kidney transplant that was registered at the Aster CMI hospital. His left hand began to itch on July 25.

According to his translator, the vesicular rash began to spread throughout his body on Tuesday and, as itched, blood and fluid began to flow.

Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar told reporters that there was no need for people to panic as monkeypox was not a deadly disease.