States asked to review readiness for mpox cases
Millennium Post Delhi|New Delhi 27Sseptember2024
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT PANIC AMONGST MASSES IS PREVENTED, SAYS UNION HEALTH SECRETARY
States asked to review readiness for mpox cases

The Centre on Thursday asked all states to identify facilities and trained human resources for taking care of both suspected and confirmed mpox cases after India reported its first case of the strain that had last month prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health emergency.

In a letter to states and Union territories, Union health secretary Apurva Chandra said samples from skin lesions of any patient with suspected mpox symptoms should be immediately sent to designated labs.

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