Delhi on Wednesday reported its fourth monkeypox case after a 31-year-old Nigerian woman tested positive for the virus. With this, India’s total number of cases has gone up to 9.
She is the first woman in the country to test positive for monkeypox which manifests with fever, skin lesions and swollen lymph nodes. Sources said the woman has fever and skin lesions and has been admitted to LNJP Hospital, her samples were sent for testing and the results came back positive on Wednesday.
Sources said that there is no information about his recent foreign travel. The first patient of monkeypox in Delhi was discharged from LNJP Hospital on Monday.