With an increase in monkeypox cases daily in the country, the Union health ministry on Wednesday released a list of dos and don’ts to avoid Monkeypox.
Sharing this list, Union Health Ministry took to Twitter and wrote, “Protect yourself from #Monkeypox. Know what you should and should not do to avoid contracting the disease”.
The Do’s and Don’t mention in the list are as follows :
Do’s
When near infected individuals, wear masks and disposable gloves
Use disinfectants for environmental sanitization
Wash your hands with soap and water or use hand sanitizers
Isolate infected patients from others
Don’ts
Don’t attend public events if you exhibit symptoms of monkeypox.
Don’t wash soiled linen or laundry of infected persons with those of non-infected individuals.
Don’s share linen, bedding, or towels with people who have contracted monkeypox
Don’t stigmatize groups of people based on misinformation.
Also, a task force has been appointed to closely monitor this monkey-pox emerging situation in the country and decide on response initiatives to tackle the spread of the disease.
This force will provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic facilities in the country and will check all the emerging trends related to vaccination for the disease.
