Kerala has registered
India's second case of
monkeypox,
Health Minister
Veena George said on Mondayd.
A 31-year-old man, who had arrived from
Dubai and was under treatment at the
Pariyaram Medical College hospital at Kannur, has turned positive for the disease, she said.
George said that the patient's condition is fine and he is under close medical observation. All those who came in close contact with him has been isolated.
The first case in the country was recorded in the state's Kollam on July 14, after a man who arrived from the
UAE tested positive.
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