Monkeypox Death Kerala: Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Sunday that the cause of death of the 22-year-old youth, who recently died in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be investigated. had returned from and died a day earlier allegedly due to monkeypox. The Health Minister said that the report of his samples has not come yet. He said that the patient was young and did not have any other disease or any other health related problem, so the health department is ascertaining the cause of his death.
George said it would be investigated why there was a delay in getting him admitted to the hospital after his arrival from the UAE on July 21. The minister told the media, ‘‘This particular type of monkeypox is not as contagious as Kovid-19 but it does spread. In comparison, the mortality rate from this type of monkeypox is low. Therefore, we will investigate why the 22-year-old died in this particular case as he did not have any other illness or health problem.”