Isolated Mpox Case In India, But Not Part Of WHO Public Health Emergency
NDTV
The strain of infection is "not a part of the current public health emergency (declared last month by the WHO)..." the government has said.
India on Monday reported its first confirmed case of "travel-related" Mpox, or monkeypox, in a young male who tested positive for a strain from western Africa. The patient is in stable condition, having already been isolated over the weekend on suspicion of carrying the virus.
The strain of infection, however, is "not a part of the current public health emergency (declared last month by the World Health Organization), which is regarding 'clade 1' of the Mpox virus".
The government has said testing had confirmed presence of 'clade 2' of the virus, and that the particular strain is "similar to 30 cases reported earlier in India, from July 2022 onwards".
