Monkeypox in Uttar Pradesh: A possible case of monkeypox has been reported from Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh. The sample of the suspected patient has been sent to King George Medical University, Lucknow for further investigation. He claimed that he was experiencing unbearable pain in his hands and soles.
Monkeypox in Uttar Pradesh
According to reports, the woman, a resident of Mohalla Jawahar Nagar in Bidhuna tehsil, had fever for the past one week, showing symptoms like monkeypox. A private doctor was treating the patient.
When she went to get medicine from the previous medical officer as she was still suffering, the former officer noticed some small spots on the woman’s body.
WHO, CMO alerted about suspected case in Uttar Pradesh
The former medical official called the World Health Organization (WHO) and told them he thought the symptoms might be monkeypox. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has also been alerted.
The former medical officer had directed to take the woman to the community health center in Bidhuna. The WHO and the district health department are reportedly working together on the matter.
The WHO had a hard time deciding whether to declare monkeypox as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). It is a rare designation given to COVID-19 and a handful of other diseases such as swine flu in 2009, polio in 2014 and Ebola (twice). It carries binding legal commitments for member states to act.
However, most people on the WHO’s emergency committee did not agree that monkeypox qualified. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has come under criticism for being slow in declaring Covid-19 a pandemic and being too apathetic towards China, cast the deciding vote.
With the increasing number of monkeypox cases around the world – almost 16,000 now reported in 75 countries – the WHO chief clearly wanted to err on the side of caution.
However, most people on the WHO’s emergency committee did not agree that monkeypox qualified. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has come under criticism for being slow in declaring Covid-19 a pandemic and being too apathetic towards China, cast the deciding vote.
With the increasing number of monkeypox cases around the world – almost 16,000 now reported in 75 countries – the WHO chief clearly wanted to err on the side of caution.
