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A day after a 38-year-old gulf-returned man tested positive in Kerala, health minister Veena George, on Thursday, September 19, instructed all foreign returnees in the state to get tested for the Mpox virus. This is the second Mpox case reported in India and the first in Kerala, raising concerns about the spread of the (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).
push({}); virus across the state. A native of Edavanna of Malappuram district, who returned from the UAE last week, developed symptoms including rashes and fever. He was admitted and isolated at Manjeri Medical College on Monday, 16 September and his samples were sent for testing at the virology lab in the Kozhikode Medical College.
