Four suspected monkeypox patients, two of whom are Pakistani citizens
have had their test results made public by the Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases, a division of the Dow University of Health Sciences. The other two suspects are Somali citizens.
Results of four alleged patients in Karachi testing performed on skin samples taken from each of the four patients show that the condition was not proven.
The patients’ skin samples were sent for chemical examination the same evening they landed at Karachi Airport on Thursday, sources claim.
Using the PCR method, the samples were examined, and the laboratory report was delivered to the health department on Friday. Monkeypox was not found in the samples, according to the findings.
The hospital administrations were mandated to set up a designated separate location with five to ten rooms for isolation of monkeypox cases within 24 hours, according to a previous advise from the Sindh Health Services Directorate General.
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In order to offer patients with safe and effective treatment, the space should include the necessary infection control measures, such as negative pressure, hand hygiene facilities, and personal protective equipment.
In order to stop the spread of the monkeypox epidemic in Sindh, it was also stated that it was crucial to be watchful for the detection of any suspected cases and to be ready to begin reaction efforts.
The general population has been encouraged to maintain vigilance for the discovery of any suspected cases and to be ready to begin reaction efforts to stop the spread of the monkeypox illness in Sindh.
Monkeypox is an uncommon illness that resembles smallpox and can be lethal. When outbreaks of a condition resembling the pox occurred in monkeys held for study, the illness was first identified in 1958. Animals like rats and monkeys can spread the virus to people, and direct contact with body fluids or respiratory droplets from an infected person can also result in human-to-human transmission.
The Sindh health department has put its employees at the Karachi airport on high alert and instructed them to wear protective equipment, masks and examine the symptoms of monkeypox when checking
