India isolates 'suspected mpox case'
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FILE - Nurses speak inside a newly created mpox isolation ward at a hospital in Chennai, India, Aug. 27, 2024.
India reported Sunday that it had put a "suspected mpox case" into isolation, assuring that the world's most populous nation had "robust measures" in place, the health ministry said in a statement.
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