Monkeypox Virus

NEW DELHI: A meeting of top health experts called by the Centre on the need for revisiting existing guidelines on management of Monkeypoxis under way here amid rising number of cases of the disease in the country. India has so far…

All 15 suspected monkeypox samples from Maharashtra have tested negative for the viral disease, a senior health department official said here on Tuesday. Eight cases of monkeypox have been reported so far in India, Union Health Minister…

A Nigerian man living in the national capital has tested positive for the monkeypox virus, taking the tally of total cases in Delhi to three, official sources told news agency ANI on Tuesday. With this, the caseload of monkeypox virus in…

Kerala has registered its fifth monkeypox case, State Health Minister Veena George said on Tuesday. "A 30-year-old man presently under treatment in Malappuram has tested positive for the virus. He arrived from the UAE on July 27 to the…

A task force on monkeypox has been constituted to closely monitor the emerging situation in the country and decide on response initiatives to tackle the spread of the disease, official sources said on Monday. It will also provide…

Globally, over 16,000 cases of Monkeypox have been reported from 75 countries. Four cases of Monkeypox have been reported in India so far. What is Monkeypox? How should you protect people around you if you have Monkeypox? Are there any…

A West Delhi resident with no history of travel outside India confirmed positive for Monkeypox on Sunday and has been admitted to the isolation ward of Lok Nayak hospital, TOI reported. This is the fourth case of the disease being…

The first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country has been detected in the country. Monkeypox is essentially a virus transmitted to humans from animals with symptoms very similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients,…