After Four Monkeypox Cases, States Remain On Alert: 5 Latest Facts

Here are the 5 latest facts about Monkeypox in India:

1. The fourth and latest monkeypox case was reported in Delhi, a 34-year-old man with no history of foreign travel. He is recovering at an isolation centre at the Lok Nayak Hospital. The Delhi patient had attended a 'stag party' in Himachal Pradesh's Manali recently, official sources told PTI.
2. The other three patients, all from Kerala, are also in the 31-35 year age bracket.
3. Several states have put in place stringent screening measures for international travellers.
4. Vaccine-maker Adar Poonawalla today said that the Serum Institute of India is spending its funds to import a few million doses of a Danish smallpox vaccine which can be used to treat cases if there is a larger breakout of the infection in India.
5. WHO's Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said that the case fatality rate for monkeypox is currently very low.