Pune receives monkeypox samples from an 8-year-old boy

There are two parents of the boy, both of whom are daily wage workers from Odisha. They had moved to Yedlapadu, in the Palnadu district, 15 days ago to work at a spinning mill. The National Institute of Virology in Pune received Friday night swab and blood samples from an eight-year-old boy, who was admitted to the Guntur government general hospital with symptoms of monkeypox.

Which will be sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. Guntur government general hospital superintendent Dr. N Prabhavathi said the boy was closely monitored to determine if he was showing any other symptoms of monkeypox.

Even though we had already sent samples taken from him to Gandhi Hospital, they were also sent to Pune, she went on to explain. In Yedlapadu in the Palnadu district of Odisha, the boy's parents were daily wage workers, who had moved from their hometown of Odisha 15 days ago to work at a spinning mill in Yedlapadu.

source: newindianexpress