No Monkeypox-related death has so far been reported in Delhi. The only Monkeypox-related death in India was reported in Kerala.
The development, reported in the Lancet medical journal, underscores guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that urges people with suspected or confirmed monkeypox infections to avoid...
The Delhi government is maintaining a close watch over the evolving situation, the statement said.
The latest confirmed case of Monkeypox in India is in a Nigerian woman in Delhi. She is admitted to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.
WHO declared the global spread of monkeypox to be an international emergency in July and the US declared its own epidemic to be a national emergency earlier this month.
India has so far reported nine cases of monkeypox including one death. This is a technical meeting to revisit the existing guidelines, an official said.
South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said although there were three vaccines available for monkeypox worlwide, none of them were available in South Africa yet.
The woman has fever and skin lesions and is admitted to LNJP hospital, sources said, adding her samples were sent for testing and the results came positive on Wednesday.
The Delhi government has asked district authorities and officials concerned to adhere to the Centre's guidelines on management of the infection, which also...
Experts have said there is no need to panic as Monkeypox is not expected to become a pandemic like Covid-19 as the two diseases work differently.
The Monkeypox patient in Delhi, India's fourth confirmed case and Delhi's first, had no foreign travel history but he did travel to Himachal Pradesh.
The Union Health Ministry last week rushed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Kerala to assist the state health authorities in instituting public health...
Over 1,600 confirmed and almost 1,500 suspected Monkeypox infections have been reported in 39 countries so far this year, according to World Health...
While no Monkeypox case has been reported in India, authorities continue to closely monitor the evolving situation.
Nearly 200 Monkeypox infections have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually associated with the disease, as per WHO.
The study found little evidence that the anti-viral drug Brincidofovir was of clinical benefit but concluded that further research into the potential of...
