Special Monitoring For Monkeypox in Dakshina Kannada: No Cases Reported Yet

Special Monitoring For Monkeypox in Dakshina Kannada: No Cases Reported Yet

A passenger who arrived at the international airport here from Dubai on July 13 has contracted moneybox. He is a native of Kannur in Kerala and is now undergoing treatment at the government medical college at Pariyaram in Kannur district. Special monitoring is being done in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district after the passenger landed at Mangalore Airport.

As a precautionary measure in DK, a ward with 10 beds is kept reserved in the government Wenlock hospital here for monkeypox patients. All the passengers arriving from overseas are being subjected to medical tests.
District surveillance officer Dr Jagadish said no cases of monkeypox have been reported in Dakshina Kannada so far. Screening is being done at the airport as a precaution. The chances of fast spreading of the disease like Covid is very less, he said.

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