The Delhi government on Monday asked district authorities and officials concerned to adhere to the Centre’s guidelines on the management of the infection, which also state that referral arrangements from airport/port to identified link hospital need to be established or strengthened.
International travelers arriving in Delhi with monkeypox symptoms such as high fever and back pain will be sent to the LNJP Hospital from the airport, news agency PTI has reported citing sources.
As per the sources, the decision was taken in a review meeting on Monday chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena. The sources said that those travelers having symptoms like high fever, back pain and joint pain at the IGI Airport will be sent to the isolation ward at LNJP Hospital, which has a special 20-member team to deal with such patients.
The samples of suspected patients will be sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, while the district administration will quarantine the family members and carry out contact tracing of such suspected patients, they said.
Delhi LG V K Saxena also appealed to people to not panic and follow all prescribed prevention and treatment protocols.
