India's Second Monkeypox Case In Kerala's Kannur, Man Travelled From Dubai
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The man, who is from Kannur district in the state, landed at the Mangalore airport in coastal Karnataka from Dubai on July 13.
A 31-year-old man from Kerala has tested positive for monkeypox on Monday, making it the second confirmed case of the disease in India, a government official said.
The man, who is from Kannur district in the state, landed at the Mangalore airport in coastal Karnataka from Dubai on July 13.
He was admitted to a hospital after he exhibited symptoms of the disease. His samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune and they tested positive for monkeypox, the officials said.
Last week, a man who had returned to Kerala from the UAE had tested positive for monkeypox.
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