On the 27th of last month, an official at the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, is checking after mixing the freeze-dried monkeypox vaccine with an adjuvant. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@
Continuous cases of monkeypox infection have been confirmed in Kerala, southern India.
Vina George, Kerala's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, announced on the 22nd (local time) that the third monkeypox case in Kerala was confirmed in the Malappuram area, according to Indian media including The Hindu on the 23rd.
Since the first monkeypox case was discovered on the 14th in India, three patients have been reported within about a week, all confirmed in Kerala.
The third patient is a 35-year-old man who entered from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 6th. He reported fever symptoms on the 13th and showed signs of monkeypox infection from the 15th, Minister George explained.
The first and second patients were also men in their 30s who arrived from the UAE.
Monkeypox was named after the virus was first discovered in monkeys in 1958. Originally an African endemic disease, monkeypox cases began to be confirmed in other countries starting in May, followed by a rapid spread.
More than 15,000 cases have occurred worldwide this year, with about 70% reported in Europe.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has noted the alarming spread of monkeypox and is considering declaring a public health emergency in response.
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