MPOX ALERT- India's Siemens Healthcare Private Limited has developed a kit for testing monkeypox and claims that with the help of this kit (RT-PCR kit) the test report will come in just 40 minutes. However, the good thing is that not a single case of monkeypox has been reported in India so far. However, if someone comes, the government has already made adequate arrangements for it.
According to the report, 10 lakh kits will be made every year.
This kit has been made by Siemens Healthineers Company. The kit will provide accurate MPOX test results in just 40 minutes. Siemens Healthcare Private Limited said that this is a big achievement for the Make in India initiative. People will soon get this kit.
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization) has approved it. The IMDx MPOX Detection RT-PCR Kit will be manufactured at the Molecular Diagnostics Unit in Vadodara.
About 1 million kits can be produced every year. People will get this kit soon. WHO has declared the MPAX situation a global health emergency. Earlier in July 2022 also MPAX was declared a global health emergency.
Monkeypox is becoming a threat to the world
The World Health Organization has recently declared monkeypox disease a public health emergency, meaning there is a possibility of monkeypox spreading all over the world. Therefore, the whole world needs to be alert. This disease is currently wreaking havoc in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The worrying thing is that the new clade-B strain of ampox is highly virulent and kills 10 percent of the population. This disease has now spread from Congo to Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda. This is the reason why WHO has expressed concern that this disease can spread to other countries as well.
Homosexual men are at a higher risk of monkeypox. Apart from this, people who have relationships with many people are also getting this disease. However, this disease can also occur by being in close contact with people suffering from this disease. Therefore, people should be cautious.