A 38-year-old man from Malappuram, Kerala, has been identified as India’s first Mpox clad I case. Mpox, caused by the monkeypox virus, has various symptoms, including rashes, muscle aches, and fever,

India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a man in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking South Asia's first recorded case from the new strain.

India on Monday reported its first case of Mpox Clade 1b variant in Malappuram district in Kerala, officials sources confirmed. Clade 1b is the fast-

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India reported its first Mpox clade strain on Monday, the same strain which led to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Mpox a public health emergency last month. As per reports, The Mpox clade 1 strain has been detected in one person in Kerala who returned from UAE.

India has reported its first case of Monkeypox (Mpox) caused by the fast-spreading Clade 1B strain of the virus.

The 38-year-old patient, a resident of Malappuram district, had recently returned from the United Arab Emirates.

India has detected its first case of the virulent mpox virus strain, according to a government official, as the latest global health emergency

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a traveller in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking the country's first recorded case from the new strain.

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The Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala said it will release revised guidelines for the prevention and treatment of Mpox after the state reported the first confirmed case of the new strain Clade 1b