The Central Health Ministry ne states aur Union Territories ko alert karte huve Mpox ke spread ko rokne aur death risk kam karne ke liye preventive measures lene ko bola hai, jab India mein pehla suspected case report kiya gaya.
Health Secretary Apurva Chandra ne Monday ko ek advisory issue ki, jismein local authorities ko bola gaya ki wo public health facilities mein measures ko review karein. Unhone public aur health care workers ko, jo skin, sexually transmitted diseases aur National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) clinics mein posted hain, Mpox ke symptoms, diagnosis, isolation, transmission mode, timely reporting, preventive measures aur treatment ke baare mein aware karne ko kaha.
India ne Sunday ko pehla suspected Mpox case identify kiya.
Ek young male patient, jo ek country se travel karke aaya tha jaha outbreak ho raha hai, ko ek designated hospital mein isolate kiya gaya hai. Wo abhi stable hai. Uske samples test ke liye bheje gaye hain, aur contact tracing chal rahi hai taaki transmission risk ko identify kiya ja sake.
Chandra ne states ko National Centre for Disease Control ke updated Mpox alert ko follow karne ko bola. Iss alert mein surveillance strategy, testing ke liye labs ki list, aur clinical management, infection prevention aur control ke measures diye gaye hain.
Advisory mein suspected cases ki screening aur testing ki recommendation di gayi, jo hospital-based ya targeted surveillance ke through ya NACO ke MSM aur female sex workers intervention sites par ho sakti hai.
‘Public health emergency of international concern’ World Health Organization (WHO) ne pichle mahine Mpox ko ek public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) declare kiya, jo second alert hai last 2 years mein. WHO ne ek naya strain identify kiya jo purane clade se zyada lethal hai, jo pehle Democratic Republic of Congo aur African nations mein paya gaya tha. Ye strain sexual contact ke through bhi transmit ho sakta hai.
Mpox infections usually 2-4 weeks tak chalti hain, aur patients supportive medical care se recover kar lete hain. Transmission infected patient ke saath prolonged aur close contact ke through hota hai.
WHO ke latest update ke according,
zyada cases young males ke hain jinka median age 34 years hai, aur spread ka main mode sexual contact hai, uske baad non-sexual person-to-person contact aata hai. Patients usually ek ya zyada symptoms show karte hain, jismein systemic ya genital rash, aur fever common hai.
Jaha HIV status ka data available hai, waha 51.9% Mpox patients HIV positive bhi hain.
1970 mein Democratic Republic of Congo mein pehla human monkeypox case detect hua tha, jo neglect ho gaya. 2022 mein virus ne global outbreak cause kiya. Ab tak Africa ke kuch parts mein 15,600 se zyada cases aur 537 deaths report hui hain is upsurge ke dauran.
