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,

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala health department has announced plans to issue updated Mpox prevention and treatment guidelines, following the confirmation of the country's first case of a new strain in the state on Monday.

Although the minister, in her statement, did not mention that the first confirmed case of the Mpox strain in India was found in a patient from Kerala, she announced that revised guidelines for the prevention and effective treatment of Mpox would soon be released in the state.

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

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.

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.

A man in Kerala, who returned from UAE, has been detected with the Clade II strain of the Mpox (monkeypox) virus. The is the strain that caused WHO to declare the infection as a public health concern last month.

India on Monday reported the first case of Mpox Clade 1 strain in Kerala. This is the same strain the prompted WHO to declare mpox as a public health emergency. Reports suggest that nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year.

India has reported the first case of the Mpox Clade 1b strain, which led to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it a public health emergency, PTI quoted official sources as saying. The Clade 1b strain has been found in a patient from Kerala who was tested positive last week,

A 38-year-old man in Kerala has tested positive for the Clade 1b strain of Mpox after returning from the UAE. Kerala Health Minister Veena George has urged the public to report symptoms and has implemented enhanced surveillance and treatment protocols at hospitals.