A 26-year-old Nepalese national who returned from Dubai was admitted to a tropical and infectious disease hospital here on Thursday after he showed side effects of monkeypox.
As indicated by authorities at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, the man was referred to the hospital by health workers at the Tribhuvan International Airport’s health desk, The Kathmandu Post newspaper revealed.
The man has been suffering from fever for the last week and has rashes all around his body. We have isolated him and started treatment. Further investigation will be done collaborating with agencies under the Health Ministry, The Post report quoted Dr Manisha Rawal, chief at the emergency hospital, as saying.
This year, over 1,600 affirmed and very nearly 1,500 suspected cases with monkeypox have been reported for to the World Health Organization (WHO) from 39 nations including seven where monkeypox has been identified for a really long time, and 32 recently impacted countries.
The worldwide outbreak of monkeypox is “obviously uncommon and concerning”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday as he announced to convene an emergency committee next week to assess whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.
Meanwhile, the number of monkeypox cases in Britain exceeded 500 cases on Wednesday, as per the most recent official figures.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it detected 52 additional monkeypox cases in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales, raising the absolute affirmed number of cases in Britain to 524 as of Tuesday.