One more case of monkeypox was reported in the district on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in the State to five.
Health officials said here that a 30-year-old man who returned from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week was found positive for monkeypox and was being treated in quarantine at the taluk hospital in Tirurangadi. This is the second monkeypox case reported in the district. The man hailing from Tirurangadi arrived at the Calicut international airport at Karipur on July 27.
He was tested at Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, on July 28 and his samples were sent to the National Virology Institute laboratories at Pune and Alappuzha. He tested positive on Tuesday.
