Monkeypox scare: Delhi reports third case, another Nigerian man tests positive for infection

Another Nigerian man living in Delhi tests positive for monkeypox, official sources said, ANI reported. The 35-yr-old man has no recent foreign travel history. This is the eighth case in the country and 3rd in the national capital.

The man was admitted to the Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital on Monday, they said. The first monkeypox patient was discharged on Monday night.

On Monday, a 35-year-old Nigerian man, living in Delhi and having no recent history of foreign travel, tested positive for the infection.

Earlier, the Kerala health department confirmed that the 22-year-old man who died in Thrissur on Saturday had succumbed to monkeypox. He had recently returned to Kerala from the UAE. This is India’s first confirmed monkeypox death and fourth death outside Africa.

The first patient, who tested positive on 14 July, was treated in Kerala's capital, Thiruvananthapuram. He has since recovered and been discharged, the state health minister said.

The Union Health Ministry has constituted a task force to closely monitor the emerging situation and to decide on response initiatives to tackle the spread of the disease. 

It will also provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic facilities in the country and explore emerging trends related to vaccination for the disease, sources told PTI.

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