Sample of girl from UP's Ghaziabad sent for monkeypox testing, govt sources say 'unnecessary panic mongering'

After samples from a fiveyearold girl in Uttar Pradeshs Ghaziabad were sent for testing for monkeypox government health sources have said that it is unnecessary panic mongering and that no cases of the disease have been reported from India so farThe sample of a suspected monkeypox case in Ghaziabad has been sent for testing but its unnecessary panic mongering No monkeypox case has been reported in India so far the government sources told ANIThe health department in Ghaziabad sent the samples of the girl for monkeypox after she complained of itching and rashes on her bodyThe Chief Medical Officer of Ghaziabad said the test was just a precautionary measure as the girl has no other health issues and did not have close contact with anyone who has travelled abroad in the past monthAlso Read Monkeypox not a cause for alarm in India yet say expertsSamples of a fiveyearold girl have been collected for testing for monkeypox as a precautionary measure as she had complaints of itching and rashes on her body She has no other health issues and neither she nor any of her close contacts travelled abroad in the past month CMO Ghaziabad saidOn Tuesday the Union Health Ministry issued Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease to ensure advance preparedness across the country in view of the rising reports of monkeypox cases in nonendemic countriesAccording to the guidelines a confirmed case is laboratory confirmed for Monkeypox virus by detection of unique sequences of viral DNA either by polymerase chain reaction PCR or sequencingAll the clinical specimens should be transported to the Apex Laboratory of ICMRNIV Pune routed through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme IDSP network of the respective districtstate it said in the guidelinesThe Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease include the epidemiology of the disease including host incubation period period of communicability and mode of transmission contact and case definitions clinical features and its complication diagnosis case management risk communication guidance on Infection Prevention and Control IPC including use of personal protective equipmentContacts should be monitored at least daily for the onset of signs or symptoms for a period of 21 days as per case definition from the last contact with a patient or their contaminated materials during the infectious period the guidelines readRaising awareness of risk factors it further explained in detail about raising awareness and educating people about the measures for monkeypox viruslike avoiding contact with any material of the sick person isolation of the infected patient from others practising good hand hygiene and using appropriate personal protective equipment PPE when caring for patientsThe health ministry also said that the monkeypox has been reported as an endemic in several other central and western African countries such as Cameroon Central African Republic Cote dIvoire the Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Liberia Nigeria Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone However cases have been also reported in certain nonendemic countries eg USA United Kingdom Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden Australia Canada Austria Israel Switzerland etcThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever