Suspected case of 'monkeypox' found in Kerala, samples sent for testing
India TV NewsHighlights A person who returned from abroad has been admitted to a hospital in Kerala Man showed symptoms of monkeypox, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday She said his samples have been collected and sent to National Institute of Virology for testing Monkeypox case news : A person who returned from abroad has been admitted to a hospital in Kerala after he showed symptoms of monkeypox, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday. Without revealing more details, George said the person showed symptoms of monkeypox and he was in close contact with a monkeypox patient abroad. According to the World Health Organisation, monkeypox is a viral zoonosis with symptoms similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe. This outbreak led to over 70 cases of monkeypox in the US Monkeypox has also been reported in travellers from Nigeria to Israel in September 2018, to the United Kingdom in September 2018, December 2019, May 2021 and May 2022, to Singapore in May 2019, and to the United States of America in July and November 2021.