Following the first case, the Maharashtra State Health Department has expanded its alert to include the screening of domestic passengers at major airports for symptoms resembling Mpox.
As India confirmed the first case of Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) transmission in Pune, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has established a 10-bed isolation ward at Naidu Infectious Diseases Hospital. “Apart from reserving a 10-bed isolation ward at Naidu Infectious Diseases Hospital, a total of 3,836 people on 38 flights have been screened at the Pune International Airport to date,” said Dr. Vaishali Jadhav, PMC’s assistant health officer.
Following the first case, the Maharashtra State Health Department has expanded its alert to include the screening of domestic passengers at major airports for symptoms resembling Mpox.
Earlier advisories only required screening for international travelers from affected areas, but now domestic passengers are also under scrutiny. This decision comes just a day after the country reported its first Mpox case in a man who had recently returned from a region experiencing an outbreak. Although the patient is stable, the central health ministry has urged the public not to panic.
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