Officials in Rayalaseema are on alert as efficacy of the goat pox vaccine, which is being given to the cattle affected by lumpy skin disease in the region, is reportedly not satisfactory as some of the vaccinated cattle was affected again. While there is no vaccine yet for lumpy skin disease, experts have advised administering goat pox vaccine to cattle …
Rajendra on Tuesday instructed Mangaluru International Airport, airlines and Health Department authorities to work in unison and admit flight passengers exhibiting suspected symptoms of monkey pox to the monkey pox isolation ward opened at the Government Wenlock Hospital in the city. Chairing a meeting on precautionary measures to be taken to contain the spread of monkey pox, at the airport, …
Persons suspected to have contracted monkey pox infection should be isolated at designated health facilities and their samples sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, for testing, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan has said. Health facilities should “keep heightened suspicion” for people who presented themselves with unexplained rash and those who had travelled, 21 days prior to the occurrence of …
