Notably, the sixth case of monkeypox in the country comes on the same day India reported its first case of monkeypox death.
New Delhi: India reported its sixth case of monkeypox on Monday. A 35-year-old Nigerian national living in Delhi, with no recent history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox, official sources noted today. Notably, the sixth case of monkeypox in the country comes on the same day India reported its first case of monkeypox death. The Nigerian national is the second person in Delhi to be tested positive for monkeypox. On July 24, a man in his 30s, with no history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox in Delhi.
The first death due to monkeypox in the country was confirmed in Kerala earlier today. Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday confirmed that the test reports of a 22-year-old male with monkeypox symptoms who died on July 30 came back positive for the viral zoonotic infection. The youth passed away in Kerala’s Thrissur district yesterday after having arrived in the state from a middle-eastern country earlier this month.
