Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramaniam dismissed these reports on Sunday. monkeypox In the state and said that rumors of positive cases are being spread by a section of the media.
The Health and Family Welfare Minister reiterated his earlier remarks that the Health Department has intensified the screening process at 13 locations along Tamil Nadu’s border with Kerala and at four international airports in the state.
Talking to reporters here, he said that people coming by road are checked for rashes on their face or hands at 13 places and airports.
Till now there was no positive report of monkeypox in Tamil Nadu, while two children Canada And the US, who had a rash on his face, tested negative for the disease, Subramanian said.
there were rumors that a man who came Singapore By flight to Tiruchirappalli and in three to four people nagercoil Monkeypox had happened.
However, the test conducted on him came negative on Saturday night, the minister said. He said that rumors of positive cases are being spread by a section of the media.
He said that there is no need to hide the administration if there is any positive report, as the public in the state will be on alert and will take necessary preventive measures if the monkeypox is reported in the state.
“However, we cannot rule out that the disease will not affect Tamil Nadu,” the minister said.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (virus transmitted from animals to humans) with symptoms similar to those seen in patients with smallpox, although it is clinically less severe.
Monkeypox is usually a self-limiting disease with symptoms lasting two to four weeks. The disease usually presents itself with fever, headache, rash for three weeks, sore throat, cough and swollen lymph nodes.
Subramaniam said he was in Coimbatore to review the status of organ transplants and the number of people waiting for such transplants with the principals and deans of all government medical colleges and hospitals.
He said that since the process of organ transplantation had almost come to a halt during the pandemic, Chief Minister MK Stalin wanted to expedite the process and the meeting is being organized under this direction.
He said that a total of 13 donors had donated 50 organs till April 2021 after DMK came to power and 114 donors donated 479 organs from May 2021 to July 2022 and 588 people were benefitted due to organ transplant in the last 14 months. .
Subramanian said there is a long list of people waiting for organs – 6,483 for kidney, 380 for liver, 43 for heart, lungs, 18 pancreas and 23 hands.
The Health and Family Welfare Minister reiterated his earlier remarks that the Health Department has intensified the screening process at 13 locations along Tamil Nadu’s border with Kerala and at four international airports in the state.
Talking to reporters here, he said that people coming by road are checked for rashes on their face or hands at 13 places and airports.
Till now there was no positive report of monkeypox in Tamil Nadu, while two children Canada And the US, who had a rash on his face, tested negative for the disease, Subramanian said.
there were rumors that a man who came Singapore By flight to Tiruchirappalli and in three to four people nagercoil Monkeypox had happened.
However, the test conducted on him came negative on Saturday night, the minister said. He said that rumors of positive cases are being spread by a section of the media.
He said that there is no need to hide the administration if there is any positive report, as the public in the state will be on alert and will take necessary preventive measures if the monkeypox is reported in the state.
“However, we cannot rule out that the disease will not affect Tamil Nadu,” the minister said.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (virus transmitted from animals to humans) with symptoms similar to those seen in patients with smallpox, although it is clinically less severe.
Monkeypox is usually a self-limiting disease with symptoms lasting two to four weeks. The disease usually presents itself with fever, headache, rash for three weeks, sore throat, cough and swollen lymph nodes.
Subramaniam said he was in Coimbatore to review the status of organ transplants and the number of people waiting for such transplants with the principals and deans of all government medical colleges and hospitals.
He said that since the process of organ transplantation had almost come to a halt during the pandemic, Chief Minister MK Stalin wanted to expedite the process and the meeting is being organized under this direction.
He said that a total of 13 donors had donated 50 organs till April 2021 after DMK came to power and 114 donors donated 479 organs from May 2021 to July 2022 and 588 people were benefitted due to organ transplant in the last 14 months. .
Subramanian said there is a long list of people waiting for organs – 6,483 for kidney, 380 for liver, 43 for heart, lungs, 18 pancreas and 23 hands.