Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to create awareness about monkeypox among people of the state and keep a minimum of 10 beds reserved in Covid hospitals for cases of the disease.
People should be made aware about monkeypox symptoms, its treatment and precautions to be taken as per the World Health Organization and the government of India guidelines, Mr. Adityanath was quoted as telling senior officials in a statement.
India has so far recorded four cases of monkeypox, three in Kerala and one in Delhi and two recently in Ghaziabad. Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe. It is usually a self-limited disease with symptoms lasting two to four weeks. Monkeypox typically presents itself with fever, headache, rashes, sore throat, cough and swollen lymph nodes.