Not monkey pox, it's chicken pox for Ethiopian national in B'luru: Health Minister K Sudhakar
Bengaluru, July 31: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said the Ethiopian national, who was suspected to have monkey pox case in Bengaluru has turned out to be a case of chicken pox.
He said all international travellers from affected countries are being screened on arrival into the State.
"A middle-aged Ethiopian citizen who had come to Bengaluru earlier this month was subjected to a monkey pox test after he was suspected to have its symptoms. His report has now confirmed that it is a case of chicken pox," Sudhakar tweeted.
"All symptomatic travellers arriving from the affected countries to Bengaluru/Mangaluru international airports are being screened, isolated and tested for fever, chills and sweat, lymph node swelling, headache, muscle ache, exhaustion, sore throat and cough, skin rashes," he said.
He is said to be a chronic kidney disease patient who came to Bengaluru from Addis Ababa on July 4 for renal transplantation.
He had been quarantined at a private hospital after he had reported symptoms similar to monkey pox.
ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಕಿಪಾಕ್ಸ್ ತಡೆಗಟ್ಟುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋಂಕು ಕಂಡುಬಂದಿರು ದೇಶಗಳಿಂದ ಆಗಮಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರನ್ನು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಲ್ಲೇ ಜ್ವರ, ಶೀತ, ತಲೆನೋವು, ಸ್ನಾಯು ನೋವು, ಆಯಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ದುಗ್ಧರಸ ಗ್ರಂಥಿಗಳ ಊತ ಮುಂತಾದ ಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳ ಪತ್ತೆಗಾಗಿ ತಪಾಸಣೆ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.
— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) July 31, 2022
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IAF to hold 2-day wargame along frontier with Pakistan: NOTAM issued
New Delhi, May 6 (PTI): The Indian Air Force will carry out a two-day mega military exercise along the border with Pakistan from Wednesday that will involve all the frontline fighter jets including Rafale, Su-30 and Jaguar aircraft, sources in the defence establishment said on Tuesday.
The exercise is taking place amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan over the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
India's civil aviation authorities have already issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for the major air exercise that will largely take place along the southern and western section of the Indo-Pakistan border.
India's frontline fighter jets including the Rafale, Su-30 MKI, MiG-29, Mirage-2000, Tejas and AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft are set to feature in the exercise, the sources said.
In the course of the exercise, the IAF will simulate enemy targets on ground and in the air with deadly precision, they said.
The militaries of both India and Pakistan are on a high alert following rising tensions between the two nations.
Soon after the Pahalgam terror attack, India, citing "cross-border linkages" to the strike, promised severe punishment to those involved in it.
In a high-level meeting with the top defence brass on April 29, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the armed forces have "complete operational freedom" to decide on the mode, targets and timing of India's response to the terror attack.
Air Chief Marshal A P Singh met Prime Minister Modi on Sunday and the Chief of Air Staff briefed him about the IAF's operational readiness.
On Saturday, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi apprised the prime minister on the overall situation in the critical sea lanes in the Arabian Sea.
