In Kerala, the high level multi-disciplinary Central team is holding consultations with the State Government authorities for the second day today on measures to contain the spread of Monkeypox. The team was rushed to the state after it reported the country’s first Monkeypox case on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the State Government has placed all districts on high alert. The special alert has been issued to Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts as people from these districts were co-passengers of the infected person in the Thiruvananthapuram-bound flight from Sharjah that landed in the capital on Tuesday.
A driver in whose taxi the 35-year old infected person travelled to the Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram, where he is currently undergoing treatment, has since been identified.
Two people in Kottayam, who travelled with the infected person, have been put under observation. The flight carried 164 passengers and six cabin crew.
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