Raipur (Chhattisgarh):A suspected case of monkeypox was reported in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. District Medical Officer Dr Meera Baghel detected the symptoms of monkeypox in a minor boy when he visited the outpatient department of the hospital. Later, the boy was admitted to the hospital and his sample was sent for testing.
After the doctors made some initial estimates of the matter on Wednesday, the sample of the patient was sent for examination to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. District Medical Officer Dr Meera Baghel said, "A 12-year-old boy had come to the out-patient department (OPD) of the hospital for medical examination. Upon seeing the symptoms of the patient, he was hospitalized. The patient was isolated immediately."