Monkeypox In India
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As India confirms fourth case of monkeypox, should we be worried?
Fp Explainers •India has reported four cases of monkeypox in just 11 days. After reporting its first case from Kerala on 14 July, the fourth infection was recorded on Sunday after a 34-year-old-man from Delhi with no travel history tested positive. How is the virus spreading and can it become a COVID-like scare?
Monkeypox: Centre to hold high-level review meeting today
•The first case of Monkeypox virus originated in India on 14 July after a UAE traveller returned to Kerala. He has been admitted to Thiruvananthapuram medical college
Health Ministry issues guidelines for the management of Monkeypox
•The health ministry listed out points for the general masses to avoid the contradiction of the disease
Surveillance, rapid identification, isolation: Centre issues guidelines on monkeypox
•All the clinical specimens should be transported to the apex laboratory of ICMR-NIV (Pune) routed through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) network of the respective district or state
How prepared is India for a monkeypox outbreak as world sees 92 cases?
Fp Explainers •As monkeypox cases spread across the world — the US, UK, Spain, Israel have all reported infections — the Centre has asked states to be more vigilant and keep an eye on people having a history of travel to the affected countries. Some cities have also set up isolation centres